Pleasant greetings everyone馃憢
As much as we all want to be healthy and stay in a healthy environment because we understand that health is wealth, I believe that there are certain factors to consider in what could be regarded as a healthy environment.
Firstly, an understanding of what health really means, is paramount. What is health?
Health refers to a state of complete physical, mental, spiritual, social and emotional wellbeing. It is not just the absence of disease or sickness.
Now that we have gotten an understanding of what health truly is, I would then incorporate it into what I believe a healthy environment should be.
A healthy environment is an environment that promotes physical, mental, spiritual, emotional and mental wellbeing.
This definition makes me understand that it is not only my physical environment that needs to be tidied up. My whole space also needs to be tidied up.
Of course, the physical environment carries a greater proportion as this is the space where interactions happen and as such, it needs to be neat and tidy.
This can be done by .....
Carrying out periodic personal or communal cleaning activities within our surroundings is a major way of keeping the physical environment clean. Doing our best to minimize pollution from burning, generators, car exhausts, etc, is also another factor to consider.
Creating good drainage systems will also help to channel excess water off the streets and roads, thereby preventing water-logging puddles which might become breeding grounds for mosquitoes and other parasites
Doing all these and more will definitely keep our physical surrounding clean and healthy.
But what about the other aspects of our health? What good is it to live in a clean physical environment but the emotional, social and mental environmentd are a dump site.
Certainly, a clean environment would give me peace of mind but that is often short-lived if my mental, social and emotional space is toxic. I doubt that I would even admire the neat and beautiful surroundings, if other aspects of my life are a mess.
What I do
Some of the things I do to keep my entire environment healthy are;
#Practicing regular personal hygiene. This is the first step to a healthy environment. Charity begins at home and neither can you give what you don't have. A person who prioritizes their personal cleanliness will also value having a clean environment.
#Practicing regular sanitation of my surroundings. I do this twice a week. My neighbours and I take turns in cleaning up our surroundings.
#Practicing self care (this is a must for me). I have learnt to cherish myself and to only imbibe things that are useful for my wellbeing and health.
#Practicing good kitchen hygiene. This is very necessary as well. Consuming unhealthy foods or foods prepared under unhygienic conditions will lead to a breakdown of our internal environment.
#Practicing good inter-personal relationships with people. This is paramount in maintaining social health. We need community, we cannot do life alone. So it is important to maintain good relationships with the people in your sphere of contact. Let people come to your space and feel safe.
#Cutting off from every form of toxicity around me. I don't allow people dump their negativities on me and try to make me feel responsible, no way. This is for my social environment.
#I also practice looking at life from an optimistic perspective irrespective of my present circumstances. It hepls with my mental health.
#* I practice an attitude of being grateful. I might not be where I want to be but I am certainly not where I used to be and for that I am grateful. This keeps me emotionally and spiritually healthy.
In conclusion, a healthy environment transcends our physical surroundings. It touches several aspects of our life space that needs to be kept healthy as well for all round general wellbeing. I hope I did my quota in touching those aspects.
*Do have a blissful weekend guys. 馃
Thank you all for reading. This is my entry to the #hivelearners weekly initiative for w169 e3.
Images used are mine.
