One Little Word 2011 | A Reading Of The Words
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My friend Liz did something special and unexpected for me yesterday: she sent me an email with a voice recording of herself reading all the 2011 words (listed on my blog up until about mid-day pacific time yesterday).
She decided to do it because she thought I might not have read them aloud (which I hadn't) and that it might be something I'd like to listen to while I work to soak up a bit of each word.
I pushed play and I was overcome with emotion.
Hearing all those words read aloud was just awesome. Imagining the potential of each of those words in each one of your lives was pure magic.
She ended her email by saying, "I love that your readers have created a poem of possibility."
Here's Liz reading the list of words (again, it's just the words listed about half-way through the day yesterday):
words from liz lamoreux (click to play)
Maybe we each need to take a couple minutes and read them aloud to ourselves as a way of really honoring the collective spirit of possibility.
Liz also makes awesome jewelry available through her etsy site. Check out the (whispered) soul mantra lockets like the one I purchased above. She's also got a great new book called Inner Excavation (which I mentioned I was reading last week) and she runs Be Present Retreats here in Oregon.
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I hadn't decided on my word until I woke up with it this morning. It is:
AWESOME!
Here's a link to my explanation of why I chose this word. http://kissandtellscrapbooking.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/01/one-little-word-weight-loss-update.html
Guess I didn't make the deadline for the post, but better late than never right?
Thanks for the OLW inspiration.
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Oh Ali I can't wait to listen to this, but I have to tell you....I purposely didn't read any of the words or this post until I had time and until I had chosen my word for this year. Imagine my suprise when your friend's quote included my word: Possibilities! Just imagine! Thanks for sharing Ali!
Rhonda :)
Peace (always), Compassion ('08), Balance ('09), Achievement ('10), Possibilities ('11)
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OK, too late to pick a word? First time for me and it's like I needed all this time to come up with a word that could honestly encompass my year. One that would challenge me, but at the end of the day be doable. KWIM? So, now that I've nursed my poor, sick baby, I sat and wrote on my blog. I've been consumed by keeping him hydrated and breathing with this horrific cough - and was surprised that I could sit at this hour and write out what my word meant to me.
Simple word really, but so important for me this year.
FOCUS.
Thank-you Ali for all your posts, inspirations, and devotion to your blog - it's a real pleasure having coffee with you :)
Blessings,
Jennifer
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very inspirational! i enjoyed hearing the words that meant so much to others. my word for this year is "shine".
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This was wonderful to listen to. I just had a little girl in april, and we have so much to look forward to over the next year - so many new "experiences." So my word is experience. :-)
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What a wonderful inspiring blog. Thank you for sharing from the heart.
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[...] I’m so excited to have Liz Lamoreux join me again for the third year in a row for the reading of the words. You can hear her read the 2012 list here and the 2011 list here. [...]
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