Our Final Character Trait Commitment to Whole Health Physical Mental Moral.
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Transcript of Our Final Character Trait Commitment to Whole Health Physical Mental Moral.
Our Final Character Trait
Commitment to Whole Health
PhysicalMentalMoral
Commitment Beyond Yourself“To recognize the existence of and be committed to a Supreme Being, higher principle, transcendent purpose or meaning to one’s life” --Kinnier et al.
If we disregard or abuse our personal health, we reveal a weakness of character and a faltering commitment to our higher purpose.
How tragic it would be to have your life cut short before you achieve your goals, all because you failed to take care of yourself.
Physical, Mental, and Moral Fitness
Goal:
Contributing Factors:
Threats:
Physical HealthGoal: Look and feel your best as you
go about fulfilling your purpose
Factors: Exercise + Nutrition + Rest
Threats: OverworkWillful contaminationObsession
Physical irresponsibility reveals a character weakness that inhibits the pursuit of higher purposes in life.
Mental HealthGoal: Think in ways that lead you closer
to achieving your life mission or ideal
Factors: Alertness + Critical thinking
Threats: Negative self-talkToo much pop cultureMental lassitude
Healthy thinking means developing your mind—thinking deeply, asking the big questions of life, learning, growing, imagining, and reaching up.
Moral HealthGoal: Live in a way that advances or brings honor to
your higher purpose
Factors: What you want + How you act
Threats: Postmodern social normsIrresponsible sex
Abandoning your commitment to sexual integrity may very well compromise your character and draw you away from achieving that higher purpose to which you are committed.
Commitment Beyond Yourself
What are you committed to?
To advance it requires time, effort, skills, and energy --but it’s good for you and good for others.
What is your full potential?
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Our Final Character Trait
Commitment to Whole Health
PhysicalMentalMoral