I disagree, Moose, with your assertion about whether it makes sense.
"Healthy" is a simple concept for me and it means "well". However,
if you want to look more deeply into the description I accept that
you might look for another word.
But for me "wellness" is an ugly word in that someone has merely
attached a suffix to the word "well" when, again for me, it just
doesn't go. I first saw it on a clinic at NATO base (Geilenkirchen
in Germany) and my immediate thought was to offer advice in English
to the signwriter. I accept now that it has currency, but I still
find it ugly.
Finally, I admire your stance on "new-agey" work; if it provides a
service and fulfils your requirements in life, money surely becomes
secondary. I find myself looking for a similar niche. I have just
been offered another 3 years of my current job (teaching
undergraduates to fly, to understand the military way of things and
to offer lessons from the University of Life), but I should like to
find something else to challenge me in different ways. I am looking
at working for a charity ("new-agey" might be anti-Christian you
see ...) but I am trying to be thoughtful about the possibilities.
Chris
~~ >-)-
C M I Barker
Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
+44 (0)7092 251126
www.threeshoes.co.uk
homepage.mac.com/zuiko
On 26 Jan 2006, at 07:35, Moose wrote:
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Better you should stay as a pilot and photographer. Marketing
>> would be
>> a gut wrenching occupation for you. :-)
>>
>> Chris Barker wrote:
>>
>>> Apart from its alliterative qualities in EW's business name, I
>>> deplore the word "wellness" when "health" and other words have done
>>> so well for so long, but then I am old-fashioned that way ...
>>>
>>>
> Interesting how we become entrenched with what has been, whether it
> makes sense or not. Wellness is the obvious alternative to illness in
> the sense of words.
>
>
anip
>
> As I understand the use of the word wellness, it is not intended to
> be a
> synonym for good health. Rather it is about a different way of viewing
> the human condition. And like Bob, I think there is an important
> quality
> in the fact that it doesn't need an adjective to create its meaning.
>
>
snip
>
>
> As a mystic and healer, I know from experience that the way an
> individual defines and understands their relationship to their body
> and
> its relationship to the world has a very significant effect on both
> health and wellness. I make a lot less money doing my new agey
> work, but
> I find myself much more well when I do it than when I do only the
> other
> work. When I am able to do them both in balance, I have both the
> wellness and the resources I need, and lead a good, "well" life.
>
> Moose
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