Blissful Ordinariness

When I think about the word and idea of blissful ordinariness, the phrase "you don't know what you have until it's gone" comes to mind. Think about your daily routine and all of the small details of it.  Now imagine you cannot do that little detail. Sometimes that little detail can affect so much more in your life.  When that little detail is not something you cannot do, it could be easy to lose that joy and bliss that you used to have everyday. The magic of occupational therapy really lies in this idea of blissful ordinariness, and getting back to feeling happy doing the small details. This idea really shows how holistic in nature occupational therapy is as a profession. Occupational therapists care about these little details because they understand how much that can affect your daily life. They understand the need to feel bliss and the need to feel independent.  Occupational therapists want to get their clients back into feeling excited about the ordinary aspects of their life.  I think this is very important to the therapeutic relationship because the occupational therapist wants their client to understand that they don't necessarily care about their challenges, they care about getting them back to the activities and things that are meaningful to them. When the client realizes this, I imagine the client trusts not only the practitioner more, but also trusts the process. To some clients, the meaningful things in their lives are the things that so many people take for granted because they "don't know what they have until it is gone".