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Spirit
"Spiritual Wellness" is the quest for meaning, value, and purpose resulting in hope, joy, courage and gratitude. It is the ability to find peace and balance in our lives. Spiritual wellness involves self-evaluation of personal beliefs. It is learning to trust your intuition and gain strength and energy from your surroundings.
Spiritual Wellness refers to integration of our beliefs and values with our actions. A sense of purpose, direction, and awareness are important. Realizing what values, rights, and responsibility take some thought and discussion. The first step in developing Spiritual Wellness is to examine your own respect, honesty, human life, family, education, religion, health, wealth, community, and diversity. Discuss values with others, spend time and act in a manner congruent with your values and the values of the community.
Spiritual Wellness involves seeking meaning and purpose in human existence. Development in this dimension includes developing a deep appreciation and acceptance for things that cannot be completely understood. It involves the tolerance of values and beliefs of others and participating in activities.
Tips for Spiritual Wellness
- Listen to your inner voice: Pay attention to your feelings, emotions, and thoughts, and trust your intuition. Your inner voice will often help you find your direction, but you need to stop and listen. When a stream approaches a series of rocks, it has no preconceived plans for passing them. It does not see the rocks as opponents or as threats to its own existence. The very fluid nature of water tells it how to rightly meet everything in its path. Let this natural wisdom also be in you. Meet everything with a free and flexible mind, which is not tied to past experiences. You will then meet all events without alarm, with quiet progress.
- Reflect on your religious beliefs: whether or not you subscribe to any particular religious group. Think about how you see and make sense of the world and events that happen.
- A strong mind and body are part of a healthy spiritual life.
- We have a choice about how we can feel about whatever is going on in our life.
- Share your values, and count your blessings.
- Be forgiving and graceful.
- Peace is not something you can force on anything or anyone - much less upon ones own mind.
- Maintain the health of your soul.
- Find inner serenity and tranquility. Different people have different ways of centering themselves in a calm place - meditation, prayer, recreation, gardening, exercise or solitude. Find what works for you and then make sure you find the time to pursue it.
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