One Little Word 2011

My word is "Become". This year I want to become more of who I am: as an individual, as a woman, as a wife, as a mom. I know there is more inside me trying to find it's outlet, it's creative expression, it's freedom. I'm hesitant about what this could mean as I am slow "changer" but I am also excited at the challenge and possibilities.

my word seemed to have come to me one day at work: BALANCE. this is something I know I need to work on but have lots of trouble achieving it. Part of the reason is my lack of follow-through (so maybe my supporting word with me commentment).

Learn is my word for 2011. I wrote out a few weeks ago what my goals for 2011 would be and they all seem to fall into the catagory of trying out or teaching myself new things, either by book, video, a class. Simple things like needlepoint, Copic coloring, but all fun things that I know will bring me joy. I like the concept of picking my word and focusing on it throughout the year. Thank you Ali for promoting this concept and including us in your journey of your one little word. So cool.

This is the first year I have a word.

I had a very challenging time letting it find me... however it finally came to me...

Simple.

I'll be writing about it soon, and am excited to be signed up for the class! THANK YOU!

My word is going to be house/home. I've reached the age where I want my house to be more than just someplace to crash. Time to make it into a home.

My word is Faith. Not religious faith, or faith in a higher power, but faith that if I listen to that quiet, wise voice (my authentic self) that good things will happen. Faith that if I leap, I may fall, but I can pick myself up again and find another leap to take! Faith that "I am enough" just as I am and I only need to listen to find my path. Going to sign up for the class right now! ;)

My word is "hope". This has been the hardest year of my life for so many reasons. So this word stands for my hope for a brighter new year.
1. Hope for peace.
2. Hope for healing.
3. Hope for God's love.
4. Hope for growth.
5. Hope for forgiveness.
6. Hope for insight.
7. Hope for....

My word is STABILIZE. It has found me, and it couldn't be more perfect.

I want stability, we've moved too many times in the last few years, too many changes, to many unforeseen circumstances.

More than anything I want to STABILIZE and breathe, and be content with life in 2011.

confidence.

My word for 2011 is reflect. It seems fitting to me on many different levels. I am a mom of 3 boys and they seem to be growing so fast. I want to make sure I take time to appreciate them and reflect on how they changed my life in so many ways. Because we also had a very tough year, I want to reflect on the past but don't make it determine where we are headed. I want to learn from it and move forward.

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my one word is going to be heal. both because I'm changing directions towards a career in nursing, but also because after a number of rough years, it's time to heal, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

My word for 2011 is CHANGE. It came to me quite suddenly a couple months ago and I immediately knew it was the word I needed in 2011. This is my fourth year choosing a word and I'm really looking forward to taking this year long journey with women from all over the world.

My word is "grace".
There are some areas in my life and home that I want to refine this year, and I'd like to remember to grace my own life with my presence, not just sail through as a passenger.

My word this year is SIMPLICITY. I was tossing up between this word and simplify, but in the end I chose this as I felt a little overwhelmed by the action implied in the word simplify. I am expecting baby no. 3 in May, and with a toddler and a preschooler in the house already I need a word I can also rest in....thus simplicity.

I too, have done One Little Word the past couple of years, and my word for 2011 is Courage.

I want courage to finally finish my first novel (something I've wanted since I was 7 years old), and courage to start another one that has been eating at my imagination for months now. I want courage to get my second college degree this year after graduating with a B.A seven years ago. I want courage to change my whole career focus (after the past 9 years in retail, I want to get out of that career path and focus more on something that I could really be good at...plus, I was burned badly by a now former boss several months ago who really took a shot at my personal spirit). I want courage to be almost 30 and going back to school and living with my parents (which is something I never planned on doing, but life throws funny things our way sometimes).

I just want simple courage. Courage to be me, and courage to be successful, strong, and happy both personally and professionally. =)

http://projectemmarobinson.blogspot.com/2010/12/one-little-word.html

My word is ORGANIZE.

Add me to the list of those who didn't choose their word this year ... my word chose me.

My word for 2011 is LISTEN.

I need to listen ... not only for God's voice ... but also to what God is saying. (For all the time I spend in prayer, I don't spend time *listening*.)

I need to listen ... to my husband's heart ... and to my teenage stepdaughter, to weed through her girl-talk ramblings with patience to get those important nuggets of information.

I need to listen ... to my doctors & caregivers. (I start treatment for a chronic pain/autoimmune disorder on January 4th.)

I also need to listen to my body. I don't do a good job of that.

I need to listen ... to my creative spirit.

I think that LISTEN fits in so very, very many different ways - just like "health" fit last year and "invest" the year before.

And I couldn't be more excited for the year-long class at BPS!!! Yea, Ali!