Feng Shui and Old Man Winter

winter“It sure been a cold, cold winter
My feet been draggin’ ‘cross the ground
And the fields has all been brown and fallow
And the springtime take a long way around”
~ M. Jagger/K. Richards

In 1943, the American psychologist Abraham Maslow first introduced his theory of personality widely known as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The hierarchy consists of five basic needs:

  • Biological and Physiological—basic life needs such as oxygen, food, water and sleep
  • Safety—protection, security, law and order
  • Belonging— family, affection, relationships
  • Esteem—self-respect, achievement, status
  • Self-Actualization—personal growth, fulfillment

While the hierarchy indicates that our physical survival is the basic need, Maslow’s observation was that a person will not feel the second need until the first one has been satisfied, nor will they fulfill the third level without satisfying the second one.

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