an end + a beginning + my word

My word for 2008 is SIMPLIFY. I want to simplify what I buy, what I keep, what I do, and simplify our family's schedule to only include the most important things that bring us joy.

The word for this year is LOVE.

I threw around several different words.. when I came to the one I chose. PAUSE. I am so in need of this word. I need to slow down. Enjoy being, instead of "doing, going, all the time... constant motion". I'm really going to work hard this year to slow down and enjoy life. Thank you for the gift of one word. I regretted last year not doing it, and am so on board this year for it.

My word for 2008 is FLOW, as in "go with the..." Moving with intention in body, mind and spirit WITH the flow instead of trying to CREATE the flow. A silly business really, thinking we can create flow when it already exists to guide and sustain us along the journey. So 2008 is about letting go, trusting the flow, simply listening to breath upon breath and releasing myself to the flow of energy that is.

Several words kept popping up: time, family, moments, simplify, rest. But in the end, I chose humility. Wrote a little bit about it on my blog. Blessings, P.

Ali,
I've been reading your blog for years, but I think this may be the first time I've posted a comment. I am so inspired by your focus on a word=intention for a year and by everyone else's as I read through the comments. I love the focus idea as opposed to a resolution. Resolutions are easy to break, but the work but the word+intention one can always come back to.
My word for the new year is QUALITY. To focus on being a quality person, a quality friend, a quality employee. To attempt(!) to perform my daily tasks in a consistently high quality manner... be it a work project, doing the dishes or my daily workout. To purchase one quality good instead of multiple inferior goods. To eat for quality instead of quantity. V. excited about this new word+intention.
Happy New Year!

I have been thinking about 2008 word for a few weeks and have decided to go with my gut and use DETAIL. Observe the details, clear the clutter (both in my mind and physically) and focus on details. As Oprah says - Love is in the details.

My word for this year is GRATITUDE. Really stopping to be thankful for this wonderful life I have. Letting go of things that don't add to my life and celebrating all the wonderful gifts that I have.

My word is BE. I want to BE happy, BE bold, and BElieve in myself. Lots of change for me in the new year, my job is being terminated and we are hoping to start a family.

My word is: RECOVERY.
I have so much I need to recover --
-- my health
-- my space
-- my mind (it's around here someplace...)
-- my sanity
and much more.
2008: RECOVERY is great!

Dear Ali,
Hope you feel better soon. Have a safe and Happy New Year. Yanina

wow, how inspiring to see all these comments and read all the words!
My word for this year is
integrate.... similiar to your word... I plan to concentrate on balancing it all out, advocating, doing and putting all my ideas into motion.
Thanks for doing this!Love getting my new year off to such an inspiring start!
Peace,
Kim

this year I'm all about GRATITUDE!!! Its the key to happiness right now for me. I have so much to be greatful about, big, small ...everyday!

Last year my word was balance. This year my word is SEEK - to continue seeking balance, to seek joy in the everyday, to seek new challenges, seek the positive...

My word for the year is TRUTH.

My word for this year came to me when I was reading your blog entry yesterday. You said you were thinking of your word for 2008 and it made me think about the word I chose last year(Open). And the word FRESH just "popped" in to my head, no thought...just there, so I'm going with it. After a heartbreaking divorce in May of this year, a fresh start is just what I need. I've bought myself a house, became a single parent, and have made adjustments to the fact that my ex-husband has already "moved on". I'm ready for a fresh start...I'm ready to move on too. Whatever God has planned for me in 2008...I'm ready.

I posted mine a few days ago but my words are "finish" and "escape". To escape stress and finish projects that I've started long ago like losing weight.
I have them posted on my wall.
I decided this year I really needed two words.
Happy New Year everyone
Julie

H Ali, great idea with the word. mine for last year was Scrap. This year the word i have chosen is - Complete
“In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.”
in 2008 i would like to Complete - a project / housework once i start it, buliding our house, a scrapping album, the daily challenges on the scrap heap, change my dieting habits and lose weight.

I loved this idea from you from last year and found that concentrating on a single word really helped clarify in moments of chaos! Thanks for the guidance!
This year, my word/intention is "relax." It's kind of funny, because I'm starting a bunch of new projects (including a digi business pretty soon), but I don't want to forget to relax -- to do nothing at all, now and then. I have even dusted off an old favorite titled, "The Art of Doing Nothing." Should be helpful in getting me started (heh-heh).
Take care and have a Happy and Blessed New Year! Also, I can't wait to see where your focus for 2008 takes you..."vitality" is so full of possibilities!

My word is BEGIN. That is often the hardest step of any journey in my opinion.
Happy 2008. Let it begin...