Nutritionists tell us that it’s healthy to eat fruits and vegetables that are a wide variety of colors. It’s probably also healthy for us to enjoy the pleasure of seeing many colors in flowers, fabrics, paintings and people.
In what ways and places do you get the most pleasure from colors?
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” —World Health Organization, 1948
What does health look or feel like for you?
We call something a Band-Aid solution when it just covers up the problem without really fixing the whole of what is wrong. But a surprising number of things can heal on their own given a little protection and some time.
When has something healed for you by simply letting time pass?
Wisteria is a beautiful flowering vine that perfumes the spring air with the scent of its lavender blossoms. It will also take over your house if you let it.
Have you ever had to “prune back” something loved for the sake of a larger good?
“I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.”
—Henry David Thoreau
Who keeps you company when there is no one around?
