How
strange that the nature of life is change, yet the nature of human
beings is to resist change. And how ironic that the difficult times we
fear might ruin us are the very ones that can break us open and help us
blossom into who we were meant to be. Elizabeth Lesser
"Somewhere, right now, a child is seeing rain for the first time,
steam is rising from every coffee cup clutched in every tired hand, the
wind is knocking the heads of flowers together; you are reading these
words while someone is writing their last. So many things are happening
every second. This world is so grand, maddening and magical, and you
are a miraculous part of it. Your soul is tattooed onto this universe.
So don't you ever think that you don't matter." ~ D. Antoinette Foy
Quality of life has different meanings to different people...
The quality of your life is in direct proportion to the amount of uncertainty you can comfortably deal with."Tony Robbins"
The best way of approaching quality of life measurement is to measure the extent to which people's 'happiness requirements' are met - ie those requirements which are a necessary (although not sufficient) condition of anyone's happiness - those 'without which no member of the human race can be happy.'
- McCall, S.: 1975, 'Quality of Life', Social Indicators Research 2, pp 229-248
WHAT IS QOL? QOL may be defined as subjective well-being. Recognising the subjectivity of QOL is a key to understanding this construct. QOL reflects the difference, the gap, between the hopes and expectations of a person and their present experience. Human adaptation is such that life expectations are usually adjusted so as to lie within the realm of what the individual perceives to be possible. This enables people who have difficult life circumstances to maintain a reasonable QOL.
- Janssen Quality-of-life Studies
Quality of Life is tied to perception of 'meaning'. The quest for meaning is central to the human condition, and we are brought in touch with a sense of meaning when we reflect on that which we have created, loved, believed in or left as a legacy.
- Frankl VE. 'Man's search for meaning.' New York: Pocket Books, 1963.
In quality of life research one often distinguishes between the subjective and objective quality of life. Subjective quality of life is about feeling good and being satisfied with things in general. Objective quality of life is about fulfilling the societal and cultural demands for material wealth, social status and physical well-being.
- Quality-of-Life Research Center, Denmark
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The truth is that even in the information age, information is not enough. if all we needed were ideas and positive thinking, then we all would have had ponies when we were kids and we would all be living our "dream life" now. Action is what unites every great success. Action is what produces results. Knowledge is only potential power until it comes into the hands of someone who knows how to get himself to take effective action. In fact, the literal definition of the word "power" is "the ability to act."
Tony Robbins(1960 )
"Life has no meaning except for the meaning you give it"
It is impossible to list all the rich array of attributes related to the concept of "Quality of Life", but literature has mentioned the following:
QOL Attributes
