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What is Quality of Life?
An extensive Google search reveals
that it is whatever you want it to be. For our purpose we define it
as:
That
sense of well being resulting from the interaction and balance of
(in alphabetical order) education, environment, health, location,
relationships, religion, safety, and wealth.
Some of the factors may be more
important to you than others. There is NO magic formula. It is all a
BALANCE. Give up one thing to gain another. For some of us,
education is the highest "need". We might give up wealth to satisfy
this "need" for excellent education. For some it may be location
(near health facilities, etc.). Maybe we are willing to give up
location to satisfy a "need: of being close to a particular health
facility. We all have different "needs". The more we can satisfy
these needs the better our "Quality of Life".
We in Blue Springs are blessed with a
basic Quality of Life that many communities can only dream of. Our
school district is more than top-notch. It is nationally ranked as
one of the best (academics as well as athletics). St. Mary's
Hospital provides medical resources far and above what we should
expect for a city of our size. Central Jackson County Fire
Protection District is a national model of how good a Fire
Department can be (check the fire insurance ratings). The Parks and
Recreation Department is continually being cited for being a leader
in providing and maintaining recreation facilities. The Streets
Department is to be highly commended for all they have to do with
the budget they have been given. Our religious community is
continually and effectively reaching out to those in need,
spiritually as well as materially.
Our
Quality of Life was good but it is changing, and not for the better.
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