What is wellness?

I came across this in a book I have been reading and wanted to share the definition. This will be a goal of mine to achieve. When I first read this it really made me pause and think. Enjoy:
Complete wellness is a lifestyle. It asks you to take responsibility for how you live and the choices you make. Wellness means taking an active role in improving every aspect of your life to achieve a productive, healthy lifestyle.
There are 6 major dimensions of wellness: physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, and vocational. How you develop these dimensions determines your lifestyle. Becoming proactive in your wellness choices is the first step to a healthy lifestyle.

Physical wellness encourages all issues concerning your physical body. These include daily exercise, diet, and medical care. They also include the use and abuse of tobacco, drugs and alcohol.

Emotional Wellness emphasizes awareness and acceptance of your feelings. An emotionally well person maintains satisfying relationship with others while feeling positive and enthusiastic about his own life. you also maintain minimal levels of stress, develop healthy feelings and use nondestructive emotional outlets.

Intellectual Wellness encourages creative, stimulation mental activities. Intellectual stimulation and learning are crucial elements in adaption to change and understanding the worlds we live in.

Social Wellness encourages contribution to the human community and physical environment. A socially well person emphasizes independence with others, with nature and within his or her own family. A socially well person has developed healthy ways to interact, react, and live with other people

Vocational Wellness encourages growth and happiness in your work. A vocationally well person seeks jobs that give personal satisfaction and enrichment.

Spiritual Wellness is the quest for meaning and purpose. A spiritually well person develops, evolves, and practices his religious, political, environmental, and personal beliefs.