The words.

My word for this year is ME. Not as in a selfish me, but as in finding myself and doing for me again. This includes the spiritual me, the phsycial me, the mental me, and so on!

Mine is persistence.

Brave, Believe, and Trust
This year will probably be the hardest year of my life. I know that I will have to be BRAVE with the decisions that I make and TRUST and BELIEVE in them as well. I also need to BELIEVE and TRUST that everything will work out the way it is suppose to.

This is the first I've heard about this but I like the idea. I was looking through the list of words and realized you didn't have any starting with the letter Z so I have decided on "Zeal" as my word for this year. The Dictionary says this about the word: zeal (zēl) Pronunciation Key
n. Enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal and tireless diligence in its furtherance. - I want to be more diligant with my devotions, my home life, my friendships and my stamping. What a great idea this is as it's a challenge to really put for the effort to make your WORD a part of your daily life. Thanks!

Wow, what an amazing list!
My word is NEW.
New Year, New Me, New Attitude. You get the idea. So much it can mean.

"deliverance"

I took my one: it is PASSION, in Germany it's called Leidenschaft, a very strong word! Thanks for inspiring me!

My word is FLOW.
(from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi)
Giving myself permission to relax and enjoy the process.
Thanks, Ali. =D

my word: NOW. a few reasons why:
1. I am a procrastinator by nature, it seems. always have been one, and probably always will be to some extent. but i want to work on this. i find myself missing out on things because i waited too long to get to them, or scrambling at the last minute to get something done. i want to change that mentality and do something when i THINK about it...not "get to it later."
and 2. i have always been a "planner." not a bad thing, but sometimes i plan so much that i forget about the here and NOW. i have been working on this in myself, but it is an ongoing process that i want to continue. plan less and live more. just DO it. whether it be listening to my moods more than reading my planning calendar, or even in my art/scrapbooking...PLAN less and just DO more. simplify so i can just DO it. NOW. instead of THINKING about doing it tomorrow.

My word is "Adopt". Considering it is a word I never gave much thought to, it seems now to be one I use and think about daily. My husband and I adopted a 4 year old dog from our local animal shelter in October of 2005. She has brought so much love and happiness into our home, she is like our child.
"Adopt" is also very special to us this year as we start adoption classes next week and hope that we can adopt a baby this year.
I took me several years of dealing with infertility before I finally "adopted" a new perspective on starting our family.
Last but not least, it is a word I am going to use more in my daily routine by adopting a new attitude when I am annoyed with someone in my travels for the day, eg/ someone cuts me off, cuts in line, is rude etc. You get the idea.
So, 2008 = Adoption
Laura

I want to thank you for this inspiration, Ali. My word is PROTECT. As in the choices I make everyday to protect my marriage, my children, my animals, my size jeans, even my credit score! I am so pleased to have found your wonderful, creative site. Happy Monday...

The list is so inspiring. I, too, chose a word today, and that word is SPARK. Love it. Can't wait to get creative with it.

It took me a week to find my word: Miracle. I posted about the journey to my word on my blog today at
http://dappledesigns.blogspot.com/2008/01/birthday-wishes.html
Thank you for the inspiration.

i am in awe of the list. my word is diligent.

My word is pretty self explainatory. MOVE!

Rebuild....I really like that one!

I already picked my word and it's already working!!!! Serendipity/Seredipitous - "the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for"
This is a great idea! Jamie V

So many great words! I was amazed that mine wasn't already on the list...Reduce!

ENCOURAGE is my word.
I want to do it more.
Can be creative while writing letters.
By the way, I love your mom's blog and am glad she's using Peace again.

Wow that list is awesome! I can't believe how may words everyone came up with it. I didn't see my word though....PRAYER.
Last year my word was faith but I can't have faith without PRAYER. So this year my goal is to pray a lot more. I know I need to go to the Lord with everything in PRAYER. So that's how I choose my word for this year.
Thank you Ali, for doing this again this year.