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I have no spirituality
I don't even know what it means?
Recently I attended a wellness webinar that I found insightful. As a result, a habit I am have started to track daily is my mental health/wellness. I am connecting with myself in the following areas:
· Happiness
· Physical
· Mental
· Emotional
· Spiritual
I will write more about each of these headings over the coming weeks as I work through how useful this is. Does it have any benefits, or do I check the boxes?
The area that I am currently having the most problem with is spirituality. Physical is the easiest — how do I feel right now on a scale of plus 5 to minus 5?
I have to work on more precise definitions of mental health and emotional health. I don't expect to be happy every day. Most days, I will not be unhappy but satisfied.
Spirituality stumps me. I was raised Christian, and I actively lived a Christian life for many years. Then I moved away from the church and its teachings because I couldn't reconcile the LGBT+ rhetoric with my faith. Christianity no longer gels with my perceptions of people and of the world. I want to be open and inclusive to all. The church expects you to fit into a narrowly defined box.
