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VITALITY - Is it possible to define what it means to live with vitality?

30/9/2018

We’ve been doing quite a bit of pondering on what do we mean by living with vitality. Many of us have a knowing of what ‘well’ feels like, as when we were children we lived with a level of health and vitality that was natural for us, so we still automatically know when we don’t feel right or when we do recognise that we don’t have the vitality to do the things we want to do.

Is vitality intrinsically linked to our well-being?

The statistics show that as a population, humanity is not doing so great when it comes to well-being, as up to 80% of the top five causes of death can be related to our lifestyle – that means they happen because of how we live. Or to put it another way: how we live and the choices we make every day affect our health and well-being which in turn affects our vitality levels. Does this mean that there is 80% of the population living without a sense of vitality in their daily lives?

These statistics are pointing to a very serious problem if many elders are living with a debilitating lack of vitaliy!

So, what does living with vitality mean to us in our elder years? Is good vitality the result of us choosing to eat nutritious meals? Is it related to our lifestyle – that it is the result how we live? OR, could our vitality levels be the result of more than just eating and living healthily?

Could there be a deeper explanation of why some people live with ongoing vitality and others struggle with life and have lesser vitality to enjoy their lives?

Please join our conversation topic for this month and share with us what you feel living with vitality means in your day to day life.

6 Comments

Anne McRitchie

5/10/2018 11:32:59 am

In my experience, vitality is very much linked with purpose.When there is true purpose one feels very vital - having a purpose can bring us alive. This does not necessary mean we are always active - if our purpose is to take care of our body and honour its fragility then we may rest, but we rest with purpose, we rest to nurture our physical body as it is the vehicle through which we express our vitality.

Gayle Cue

27/10/2018 03:13:25 am

Hello Anne
I really appreciate your perspective that vitality has a connection to feeling or embracing our purpose. I'm having a 'rest day' today and can now feel the purpose in needing to rest today - rather than feeling any sense of guilt that I'm still in my pj's propped up in bed! Thank you.

Bernadette Curtin

7/10/2018 06:25:13 am

I agree Anne, when we have purpose we are given the vitality to work at whatever jobs or activities that we have chosen to do. Exercise, nutritious food and rest all play a part to keep us healthy, and engaging and connecting with friends, family and the wider community – people of all ages, keeps us young at heart.

Gayle Cue

27/10/2018 03:18:09 am

Vitality is an inner feeling, one of well being, yes. But more than just feeling well, a person with vitality also has an enthusiasm for life. There is a willingness to do things, to try new things. Vitality is light and uplifting, both for the person with the vitality and for those they interact with. You can sort of feel the 'vitality' in the word vitality, can't you?

ruth anderssen

2/11/2018 08:47:05 pm

Feeling vital and joyful is a quality of being that can be felt even if the physical body is ageing and showing some signs of wear and tear. It is felt when we are connected to the essence of who we are, which is greater than the physical body, but honours the physical body deeply.

Mary Holmes

2/3/2019 07:42:10 pm

For me vitality is what I perceive today is very different to that what I had understood it to be as a younger person, as it was more conditioned by my ability to do more than being. However as an older person my understanding of vitality has taken on a new perspective, one of being deeply connection with my body and honoring my whole being in all that I do.

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