Quality Of Life
The quality of life is more important than life itself, Alexis Carrel, surgeon, and Nobel prize winner in medicine 1912. The quality of life has a different connotation for each person, for me, it is amongst other to have a support-systems in place enabling to manage the demands of everyday life. We are living in times of much change and more change is to come, how are we prepared?
We demonstrate who we are by the way we live and how we build relationships, firstly with ourselves, our surrounding, our home, work environment and of course other people. The quality of our mental balance, especially in times of change is paramount, how do we achieve that? Let’s look at some options.
It is well-known that meditation is the best tool to further inner balance and stability but not everyone is familiar with such practice or comfortable with it, so where can we find reliable support? I suggest looking at space as a companion for strength, the everyday space we live in, our home and office/workspace. Space reflects our values, tells who we are, and in space we create a dialogue, being the perfect mirror, helping to see what needs to be adjusted and where repair or a clean-up is needed and while addressing the space at hand, we help adjust our emotional balance as the two relate to one another. We can’t expect for things to change for the better if we keep living our everyday the same as yesterday………… To strengthen who we truly are, self-value needs to be looked at with much scrutiny as it is the basis of our strength and ability to build a life worth pursuing. A life where we are willing to take responsibility for what we choose and why and when doing so become the master of our everyday, instead of a puppet running other people’s wishes. Through a sense of self-value, we automatically respect all aspect of the self, we are no longer looking for the respect of others or value ourselves according to others judgement, and so freeing inner space to be generous with ourselves and ultimately easier on others.
To create beauty in our home takes physical action which helps our engine to get going and with it, new ideas and inspiration flow. This year is now coming to an end and has thought us much, and we understand, the future will not be the same as we have known in the past so just as well to welcome new solutions, to build a good inner and outer foundation of strength, to be open and receptive, finding new ways to live and communicate in this shaky world.
I wish everyone a peaceful ending of 2020 and like to welcome 2021 with open arms. Thank you for your attention and time reading my scribbles…. thank you for being part of this community. And if you like to make changes in the new year, I help people find interior solutions that make the most out of their home, creating balance in space, reflects balance in life which helps to be more stable and better able to focus on the daily tasks at hand, everything reflects everything.
Image, light by Arne Jacobsen for Louis Poulsen Intro artwork by Carita Schmidt - https://www.caritaschmidt.com