One of these things is not like the others

In attempting to understand our values we can play little thought games.
Here are four things:
1. Gainful Employment
2. Health
3. Love
4. Liberty
If you can have three of the four, which would you take?
Which three, if you have them, are most likely to lead to your getting the fourth?
Which ones, all other things being equal, are the most important?

Wouldn't it be great if there were a government that was dedicated to ensuring that its people had health, love and liberty? Sometimes I have trouble imagining such a government. And yet, I think, it's a lot like what the people who wrote the US Constitution were dreaming of: "in order to...establish justice, insure domestic Tranquility,..., promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity..." They don't mention love, but still...

Wouldn't it be great if US politicians were building their platforms on the basis of the preamble of the US Constitution (the same document Federal officials swear to uphold)?

Sure, I know one can object to the thought experiment: "you have to live in the real world" or "there are other things more important than these." But let's be clear, no matter how practical you are, there's actually a clear distinction: gainful employment is a means, and health, love and liberty are both means and end. One has employment for what the employment provides you in terms of money for food, shelter, etc.. Sure, employment is good, and we as humans experience growth and overcoming challenges and the development of our abilities, such as self-discipline, are all very positive things. But employment is not the only context in which growth can occur. Again, employment is only a means. Things like health, liberty, love and ends in themselves, though they can also be means for facilitating growth in other dimensions.

It's not a utopian vision if you get too bogged down in the objections.
Wouldn't it be great if we could look clearly towards our ideal, so that we could remember what is really important, even when the ideals seem far off?