One Little Word 2009 & Giveaways

Ali...thank you to continue to share with us and encourage us! ;) This is my third year of words with you...and for 2009 I think I've decided on PATIENCE.
I need to work on patience with myself, my fiance and "other" important things we just found out about! ;) If I can "master" patience in '09 then the rest will come easier! :)
-Candace

My word is ACHIEVE! After a couple of years of living in chaos for one reason and another, I want to set some goals for myself, now that life is on an even keel. Not sure yet what those goals will be, but I aim to accomplish one or two ACHIEVEMENTS before the end of 2009!

Hi Ali!
I love your word! I hope you and your family have a blessed New Year!
My word for 2009 is going to be "embrace." I just want to embrace all things - in every aspect of my life whether it be embrace the time I spend with my loved ones, embrace my creativity, embrace the memories, embrace life!
Thanks for the chances at the beautiful giveaways! Hugs! :)

My word for 2009 is CHANGE.
There are lots of changes going on in my life this upcoming year. I am getting married. I will be moving out and starting my own life in my own place (wherever that will be), I will need to change how I think about money, food, my lifestyle. I'm not going to lie, I am nervous. This will be a momentous year. And I just have to say to myself that change is good and I will enjoy the ride.

I need my word to be NOW this year. Now I'll excercize, Now I'll organize my closets, Now I'll call my friend, Now I'll do all these things I put on a list or the calendar and never seem to follow through on. I am determined to do things as I think of them and not put things off. Now....I think it's going to motivated me....I like it.

Harmony
Noun
1. a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of parts
2. agreement; accord; internal calm
3. an interweaving of different accounts into a single narrative
Like othes I have a lot of roles I play in my life, Harmony gives me room to find the right combination. I also hope to tame the mind monkeys this year to focus on the present and to spend more time appreciating and documenting the everyday moments in my children's lives.

well haha, nurture was on my mind as well. I think I will still let it percolate.

I am trying to decide between deliberate, intentional and choose. You could say I am deliberating about deliberate! I know the meanings are similar-it is the nuance of each word that I am trying to work out.
I read the challenge to my 11 year old son and he has chosen the word "attack". "As in attack the year. Do what you want to do. Get outside. Have fun. Maybe throw in a water park" (I'm hoping that throught he year he will decide to apply this word to his schoolwork as well!)

Happy New Year, Ali, to you and your family. I bet Chris is excited about the coming new year with the new president!
My word for 2008 was healthy, as in paying more attention to my health and getting healthy. While it worked and I am healthier, I seem not to have recovered some of the joie de vivre aspect. So my word for 2009 is VITALITY, as in
1. exuberant physical strength or mental vigor: a person of great vitality.
2. capacity for survival or for the continuation of a meaningful or purposeful existence: the vitality of an institution.
3. power to live or grow: the vitality of a language.
4. vital force or principle.
Looking forward to the positive aspects of healthy.
Cheers!

I think my word for 2009 is going to be BALANCE. how do I balance everything? How can I be better at balancing things? Thanks, Ali! Happy New Year!

My word for 2009 is MODERATION. I'm going to try to practice moderation in eating, drinking, working and spending. It's a good word that can apply to all aspects of life.

serve, enjoy, health...still thinking!
Happy New Year! And thanks for the opportunity to win such fabulous prizes!

What a beautiful word!
Mine is Commit. I'm a terrible procrastinator and fence sitter and nearly every area of my life could be so much richer if I would just commit fully.

Hi Ali, I LOVE your word. I too have been putting alot of thought into this - we've had a very difficult year in many ways - loosing work, hospital visit and what it has shown me is how unorganized I am (it's also become very clear to me how grateful I am for so many things), I really want this year to be simplified and I belive that organization is my key - so there it is...organized!

The only word that has come unbidden is POSSIBLE. I don't know what that means for me yet; not even sure that's the word I'll go with, but it's something to think about.

my word will be FORWARD...
no more being stuck in the same thoughts, the old stuff/baggage, the same chapter or subject or in the planning and talking...
moving FORWARD.

My word this year is going to be THANKFUL. I want to be thankful for what I have and not wishing for more.

My word of 2009 is Devotion.
I think it embodies what I want to accomplish mentally, professionally, spiritually, artistically, and personally.

My word for this year is "light", more specfically to be a light to other people. Our minister gave a very compelling sermon on "light" this Sunday and it has "stuck" with me! So my focus word for the year is "light" as I think about how I can bring brightness to this world: specifically to my family, students at school, friends and all those I don't even know yet!

TIME is my word for the year. I will start using my time more carefully. Spending more of it with my children who are growing up so fast and less of it on things that, in the long run, don't matter.