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The Enchantment and Hard Work of Human Values

Values help us create love and peace, but require hard inner work.

In traditional societies, human values were taught to us by formalized religious education and our families. Parents and other elders would challenge us, correct us and inspire us to live by eternal human values, such as respect, kindness, honesty, compassion, to name a few. We were taught not to deceive, lie, cheat, break our word, etc. If we…