WELLNESS IS CAUGHT

FWR Says:  WELLNESS IS CAUGHT NOT TAUGHT

Everybody wants wellness. Everywhere we are offered wellness in different forms - fitness, creams, drugs, meditation, religion - an endless list.

To know what our kids need, the big challenge is to answer the big question: “What are the big gifts we got from our parents?” We end up with precious things like the place we belong, love that lasts, someone looking out for us - these are the real things that bring us wellness.

So, wellness comes to us from our parents and grandparents by osmosis.

We don’t usually think about these big gifts. They can be taken for granted.

Therefore, parents and grandparents have two of the most important jobs in the world. First, they need to think about what they have been given. They should make a list.

Second, this list of gifts from parents becomes the job description of parents and grandparents for all the kids. The lives of these young people will be shaped by these intangible benefits. We therefore must make sure we are passing on what we were given.

To help parents and grandparents with this main job, the Family Wellness Rainbow was developed to show the key wellness areas that families need. They are:

Red for Fitness and Health - exercise, diet, etc

Orange for Relationships - families, friends, work

Yellow for Knowledge - for good decisions

Green is for Family - the place to belong

Blue is for Values - goodness, honestly

Purple is for faith - what’s it all about?

These are the colours of the rainbow that in combination and balanced make up the rainbow. The family can use the rainbow to check out how they are doing.

FWR Says:  The balanced Family Rainbow brings Wellness