an end + a beginning + my word

This is an great idea.
My word for the year is enjoy.
I need to learn to enjoy simple and small things in life, like listen to the horses in our stable when there eating, Listen to the birds, look at my dog when he is running around and play, or when I see a beutiful flower.
I need this for getting back to life again after I have been burned out.
So my word will be enjoy, but in swedish the word is "njuta" and for me that word is stronger than enjoy, but they means the same.
Sorry for my bad english.
Have a happy new year.

completion
so many unfinished things in my life right now...

My word will be LOOK. I want to look at things and see their shapes and colors. Often I'm to fast to see the world around me. And whether its grey or bright, I want to experience colors! Therefor.. LOOK!

My word for this year is IMMERSION. I feel as though I spent a large part of 2007 being distracted and focusing on too many things at once. This year I want to make sure I immerse myself in what is most important at that very moment.
I think it's going to be tough to live up to - I am expecting my second child in May, starting major renovations on our house in January and it looks like a busy year at work. I am determined though to make sure that when I am with my family, I am really WITH my family. I am going to take more photos (OK that won't be hard :)) and write down more observations about our everyday lives.
Oh, and THANK YOU. I received your Life Artist book for Xmas and have found it so inspiring.

My word for this year (I am using my Robo cutter to put the letters vertically on my laundry room door) is "flexible". I want it to be a constant reminder to me not be as set in "my" ways - to be more open minded, try new things, different ways.
Wishing you a very Happy New Year Ali.:)

My word for this year is 'potential.' I want to work hard at living up to my potential! I blogged about it here:
http://mthopeacademy.blogspot.com/2007/12/potential.html
Thank you so much for the idea and inspiration.

PURSUE based on 2 Timothy 2:22.
I DID THIS "ONE WORD" EXCERSICE WITH MY 2ND GRADE SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AND IT WAS PERFECT. GREAT IDEA!

Hi Ali! My word is COURAGE!
http://kimberlywhitedesign.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-year-new-word.html
Kim

Happy New Year Ali and thank you for bringing "the word" up again this New Years.
While I am working towards resolutions and goals for this year, my word for the year has to be PEACE.
Peace in my everyday, peace in the world around me, peace with in our home and peace with in my family. With so much going on around me every day and so much ahead of me this coming year I need to feel more peace and share it with others as well. It might mean simplifiyng more, appreciating more, creating more, relaxing more...I will see where the journey takes me.

My word is create.
Create art, create memories, create scrapbook pages, create writing, create blog entries, create food, create comfortable and beautiful places within my home, create learning opportunities for myself and for my family (especially my children), create a wonderful life for me and for my family. I think the word create can guide and inspire me in every single aspect of my life.
Thanks for another year of inspiration !

I have been thinking about my word for this year for the past week and it all came down to one word....SIMPLIFY. (& I see it's popular!)
to simplify what we have, simplify what we bring into our home, simplify how we do things and simplify our time.
Last year i had fun with my word (play) and incorporated into our everyday and that's what this year will be too, to simplify our everyday....and enjoy it!
Thank you for your creative inspiration and happy new year to you and your family!
Carolyn in FL

My one word this year is:
ORGANIZATION
I feel like if I were more organized, and my house ran more smoothly, then I would have more time with my children, my husband, and my creative endeavors, such as scrapbooking. I wouldn't waste time finding shoes, or being late for work, or up so late cleaning that I wouldn't have time to scrapbook.
Jennie

Hi Ali,
I found your website from Tim's (Holtz that is). One word...just one? Wow...that's a lot harder than I thought it would be.
My one word will be: CREATE
1. to bring into existence
2. a) to invest with a new form, office, or rank
2. b) to produce or bring about by a course of action or behavior
3. to produce through imaginative skill
I will CREATE a fun-filled craft studio.
I will CREATE organization systems that work for my family and me.
I will CREATE the way I want to live.
I will CREATE excitement about my business and in doing so CREATE new opportunities for my business to grow.
Thank you for sharing your one word with us and making us think of ours.

a big happy new year to you and your family! i hope this next year is a great one for all of you. not just great but suprerb. fantastic. i have been thinking about my word for this past week. a couple on my list are intentionally. and commit. we will see what i actually choose. i love your word. love it.

i participated last year and my word was 'live'. and looking back on the year, i was disappointed. i kind of let my word fall into the background.
this year is so full of change {new house, new job, new promotion for adam} that i think it is so important to keep that in check and really live.
so my word for this year is STRIVE.
strive to live.
strive to love.
strive to excel.
strive to maintain balance (and sanity).
strive to live for myself and each other.
strive to live my life.

Hi--Great idea. My word for 2008 is FOCUS. I fell that if I keep it in mind I can accomplish so many of the things I've set out to do.

My word is R-E-S-T =)
REST in Jesus love for me which is unchanging
REST instead of worrying which gets you nowhere
REST cause it inspires creativity
REST cause stress inhabits all forms of growth
REST gives fresh perspectives
*it's my 1st post in yr blog =) been reading it for 1 1/2 yrs now and decided that today is the best time to start my 1st post. Now that's what i call - New beginnings :) Thanks for being such an inspiration to me

SIMPLIFY. . .if there is a difficult way to so something - making an active choice NOT to go that route. . .LOL. honestly - simplifying my processes, my routines, my actions, my life - less stuff = more meaning, I hope.
happy new year!
Hillary

I posted yesterday morning on here and had yet to come up with my word. Well today I got it. TRUE.
So much to work with on the word TRUE. This is a good word for me.
I blogged about my word here.... http://lisalyn66.blogspot.com/
Lisa

My word this year is BALANCE.