A spiritual outlook toward life is common among people who live in balance. Holding a spiritual frame of reference or reverence develops our faith, confidence, and trust, and reduces the intensity of toxic, worrisome emotions and destructive behaviors. People with a deep spiritual perspective often say that it is their faith that helps them to see their lives within a larger perspective and gives them a sense of belonging to a greater whole.

For many, their spirituality is anchored in fellowship, community, and worship associated with their church, synagogue, temple, mosque, or meditation group. For others, the spiritual grounding of their lives may be found in communion with nature, or through their love for family and friends, or through service to others.

Faith allows us to reach out and take refuge in our connectedness to a larger, deeper reality and Source than our tiny personal selves. By remembering to open our hearts and minds to affirm the link in spirit between our personal identities and our universal nature, we shift the center of gravity in our lives more toward authentic balance.