WELLNESS - THE FAMILY JOB

FWR says: For their wellness, families are on their own

Today’s families are being fragmented by the big forces of business, government and the media.  Their marketing systems are dividing families; by separating kids vs. adults, men vs. women, looks vs. character, traditional vs. new cultures, ease vs. work, needs vs. wants.

These big forces do not recognize families or family values.  In these big systems, families don’t have a say or vote.  Individuals and families become just numbers.  It is hard for any of us to see what all the rapid changes are doing to the family.  In all the confusion, families are being fragmented.  In the rapid pace, families don’t see help coming from the community.

The biggest single issue is that families don’t realize they are alone in this money-focused, less personal world.  Only the family is the source of wellness.  The key family character traits - good or bad - flow down from the older to the younger members.  Families are on the job 24/7.

No outside agency can strengthen family wellness.  Take sickness for instance, surgery and drugs don’t bring wellness.  They are designed to ease a problem.  Solving problems rarely leads to wellness.

The miracle is that family wellness often prevents sickness and alleviates suffering.  A family’s shift in focus from problems to wellness puts them on track for building on their strengths.  Just like the gardener whose focus is his flowers first, then the weeds.  Weeding alone doesn’t make a garden.

On it’s own, the family is still the heart and soul of the community and its members.  It’s job is to build its own wellness.  Now, there is a new guide for families and their wellness.  It is called, “The Family Wellness Rainbow”.  In it, the six colours of the rainbow represent key ingredients of family wellness.

Please see:  www.familywellnesscybermall.org

FWR Says: Each family needs their own guide to wellness ways