Starting with ordinary persons – living anywhere in the world; just look at Simplified Reality – from their perspective. Are they happy WITH: (1) themselves, (2) their household, (3) their social services’ quality (food access, housing affordability, educational relevance, health care, etc.); (4) their public safety feelings, (5) their employment, (6) their neighbors; (7) their community, (8) their government, and (9) events & conditions during their lifetime?

For a ProLIFE person who is Mentally Healthy, Emotionally Stable, and Psycho-Spiritually Enlightened, repairing & perfecting personal-WORLDs comes from answering 1-9 (above). This ORDER of IMPORTANCE reflects Traditional priorities; which also strongly suggest specific ways & means for improving these ‘individual’ Happiness levels.

Update: The 1960’s counter-culture mantra “Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out” desperately pleads for serious revision – appropriate for our times; perhaps “Mindfulness, Wellness, Altruism” -plus- “Inside-Out – Not Top-Down, and To Thyself Be-True”. Whatever the instant Slogan ⇒ each person’s “Work, Rest, Cooperation, and Compromises” are basic ingredients → to achieve positive results. Specifically, actualizing the (1-9) betterment details demands Effort ⇒ Personal Effort.

⇒ The most effective ProLIFE activism Efforts, the best way to change the world for the better, and the obvious truth is that you must start by Asking Yourself: how you feel (Complicated with Ambivalence), how you think (Cognitive Dissonances included), whom you can share your feelings & thoughts with (that will Listen & give you Good Advice), and how you can somehow suddenly find a moment to help others (when a situation Arises). So, before you divide the world into religions, ethnic groups, economic classes, big geographic clusters, and nation-states, you would be wise to give top priority to Improving your own situation according to the You-Centric order-of-priority listed above. 

[NOTE: Embedded Links -below- include generic materials relevant for everyone; while specific references therein tend to highlight Jewish religious & cultural examples.]

(1) First, what would make YOU happier? (Answer) Accepting your situation in this instant now, Gratitude for being alive, and giving/receiving small acts of Kindness – including Sharing WORDS of Encouragement. These will ALL come back to enrich Your-Life experience. [LINK Instruction: online translate – as necessary, THEN scroll down until you BEGIN seeing categories that resonate with your personal identity & orientation → https://chiburim.sefaria.org.il/sheets/51635.1?lang=he] Additionally, successfully facilitating Quantum Entangling Happiness for others [https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/resuscitating-shidduchim/], will surprisingly make you feel ecstatic; forever after.

(2) Next, change YOUR household dynamics by improving micro-collective Domestic Tranquility manifestations → including consciously/collectively eliminating all Domestic Violence – physical, verbal, and emotional – Active & Passive. These are the most important aspects that you can affect, improve, and stabilize. YES, they need constant attention, require dialog, kindness, patience, ever-changing compromises, and (sometimes) outside intervention; since everyone is growing, maturing, and aging; intermittently unhealthy, stressed,........

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