Four Aspects of Life

Life has four aspects that we need to understand. The physical, mental, social, and spiritual aspects.

• Physical aspect refers to our health, our stature, our looks, and everything that pertains to our physical body. 

• Secondly, the mental aspect is our ability to think, how we think, the way we respond intellectually, for mental aspect is related to the mind. 

• Social aspect is your relationship with the people around you, including your family, relatives, friends, neighbors, whether personal or on the internet. For me, social aspect includes your relationship with your pets, your garden, how you take care of the nature that surrounds you. 

• The last aspect is the spiritual aspect of man. It is your spiritual life. Your relationship with God, the Creator of all things, the Owner of our borrowed lives, the One that gives us food we eat, water we drink, air we breathe, wisdom to manage everything that we have, including our talents, treasures and time, and the Giver of the wonderful relationship with the people around you.

If one of these four aspects is missing, a person wouldn't have a balanced life. If physical aspect is missing, that means you have health problems, you might have lots of friends, have all the knowledge of this world but you might not be happy. You may have good health, are witty, and happy socially but if you don't gain knowledge to things that need to be studied, you lack something. If you are knowledgeable enough to know everything, you are healthy but you don't know how to relate with the people around you, then life is not the way it should be. Lastly, if you have all these three aspects: physical, mental and social but you forget to consider the last aspect which is very important, the spiritual aspect, your relationship with God, then your whole life would be affected. Why i am saying this because if you have a true relationship with God, you will know how to take care of your health. He who created us knows what is best for us. He gives us practical and wise counsels pertaining to take care of our health. It can be found in the Bible. It includes also how to have a right relationship with the people and nature around you. To have a relationship with Him will really make you love to gain knowledge that needs to be learned. All these four aspects need to be considered to have a balanced life. To live life to the fullest.

"But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

The New International Version, (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House) 1984.