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Quality of Life

Life is defined as: One's manner of living, the people and activities of a given time or in a given setting or class; human existence and activity, an individual’s lifetime experiences and something essential to the continued existence of something else.

Quality is defined as: Any of the features that make something what it is; characteristics; attributes; basic nature; character

When you put these two words together to form quality of life you get: the characteristics and attributes of one's life that make up and account of one's manner of living, the people and activities in their life that is essential to their well-being or existence.

I woke up this morning thinking that quality of life is so important that one should never minimize or discount its necessity. I've known this for a long time but it would seem that others would recognize this as well. Certainly the older and more fragile you get seems to cosign for this line of thinking. And it is with this understanding that I say whatever we do in our lives that is important, valuable, kind etc... remember to do all these things in a manner that maintains vigor, liveliness and a manner of functioning that allows you to flourish and be connected to those who reinforce who you are and the beauty of living. ~on Monday's thought for the day

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