The Five Ways to Wellbeing…….as described in relation to mental health, are a good place to start if you want to increase your wellbeing.
- Give
- Keep learning
- Take notice
- Be active
- Connect
This week, in the A to Z of Becoming, we’re at “J for Join”. Joining is one of the ways of connecting. We are not solitary creatures. We couldn’t survive the first few years of life without the care, support and attention of other people, and solitary confinement remains one of the worst forms of punishment which can be inflicted on a prisoner.
So, this week, ask yourself what have joined? Or what would you like to join?
My image at the top of this post was taken when I visited Cassis, in Southern France. Pretty much every town of any size in France has a “Boules” or “Pétanque” court where local people can meet and play together. I don’t know if towns have formal clubs for this activity like the bowling clubs you find in the UK, but even if they don’t, this is still an act of joining. This particular activity also lets you practice noticing and being active (and, maybe even learning!)
Maybe you would like to join with others in a shared activity such as a sport, a game, a pastime, or to celebrate shared beliefs?
Joining is SUCH an important quality of human life.
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