One Little Word® 2014 | The List & The Reading Of The Words

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One of the traditions I started a couple years back was to have my friend Liz Lamoreux record herself reading the words that people have left in the comments of my annual One Little Word® blog post.

She's back again this year and I'm super happy to have her.

Click below to hear her read the words (compiled from the list through Jan 2nd at 7pm):

LISTEN HERE

You can hear her read the 2013 list here, the 2012 list here and the 2011 list here.

Liz is a dear friend, a wonderful retreat leader, and a jewelry designer. Check out her beautiful collection of soul mantras and other stories in her etsy shop. She made a bracelet for me this year (shown above) - love mixing it up for 2014.

Here are the words compiled from my blog post comments through yesterday:

accept

accomplish

act

action

adapt

advance

adventure

aim

allow

and

appreciate

appreciate

arena

attract

authentic

authenticity

balance

be

become

begin

believe

believe

believe

better

bliss

bold

brave

breathe

build

calm

capture

care

celebrate

center

centered

change

cherish

choice

choose

chosen

clarity

cleanse

clear

color

commitment

committ

compass

compassion

complete

confidence

connect

connections

content

control

core

courage

create

creation

cultivate

curate

dare

dare

decide

declutter

deeper

deliberate

direction

discipline

discover

do

drive

elevate

embrace

emerge

empower

endure

enjoy

enough

enrich

enthuse

equation

essence

evolve

explore

faith

farther

fearless

fierce

finish

fitness

flow

focus

focus

forward

foster

free

fresh

froeard

fun

gift

give

glorify

go

goodness

grace

gratitude

grit

grow

habit

happy

harmony

heal

healing

health

healthy

heart

hello

home

homemaker

hope

illuminate

influence

inspire

intention

intentional

invent

joy

kaleidoscopic

kind

kindness

lark

leap

learn

light

lighten

listen

live

live

look

love

magic

magnifique

make

margin

me

mindful

mindfullness

minimize

miracle

moment

more

motion

motivated

move

moxie

newness

next

nourish

onward

open

organize

patience

peace

plan

play

positive

power

pray

present

prevail

progress

promise

prosper

purge

pursue

quiet

radiant

reclaim

reduce

refresh

reimagine

relax

release

renew

responsibility

rest

restoration

reveal

roar

root

save

savor

see

seek

self

serendipity

serve

shape

shine

simple

simplify

smile

spark

sparkle

stable

stand

stewardship

still

stillness

stop

strength

strengthen

strive

strong

submit

surrender

sweet

tend

think

thrifty

thrive

time

today

transform

transition

treasure

true

trust

unafraid

underreact

unique

unwind

up

visible

vision

whole

wisdom

witness

word

work

yield


Registration is still open for my workshop One Little Word® (and will remain open throughout the year). The simple premise is to make your word more visible for you throughout the year with a single, focused creative prompt at the beginning of each month. Joining up is not a huge time commitment over the course of the year and you don’t have to be into scrapbooking to participate.

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  1. kelly libby says…
    01/03/2014

    Thanks, Ali! This is such an inspiring list!

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  2. Tiffany says…
    01/03/2014

    Hey Ali! I'm not sure if you saw, but 52 lists is returning on Moorea-seal's blog in 2014. I saw the link in your archives, and since I'm a fan of the lists as well, I thought I would let you know! :]

    http://www.moorea-seal.com/2014/01/52-lists-project-week-1-list-words-that.html

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    1. Miriam Schulman ( SchulmanArt) says…
      01/04/2014

      thanks Tiffany-- I love this idea of list making!

  3. Denae says…
    01/03/2014

    Nurture.

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  4. Ma Laarni says…
    01/03/2014

    Favored.

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  5. Leslie H. says…
    01/03/2014

    I love the lists of words-so inspiring. Mine is simply love this year.

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  6. Deb Donlon says…
    01/03/2014

    Safe

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  7. Mary Sara P. says…
    01/03/2014

    Love your bracelet by Liz. Hearing the words reaad is so inspiring. Really excited about OLW this year and my word Focus.

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  8. Jamie says…
    01/03/2014

    Behold

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  9. Jane says…
    01/03/2014

    I soooo love Liz's annual "reading of the words". I was thrilled to also receive my word BRAVE on a bracelet for Christmas... I didn't even know my husband listened when I rattle on about how much I love this ritual. 2014 is my 7th year doing this! :-)

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  10. Sonja says…
    01/03/2014

    Engage

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    1. Dani says…
      01/04/2014

      This was my word last year! It was awesome and truly had a great impact on my life. Great word!

  11. Kelley says…
    01/03/2014

    Less.

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    1. Kassie says…
      02/18/2014

      Shiver me timbers, them's some great inmrofation.

  12. Belinda says…
    01/03/2014

    This is my first OLW and my word for this year is consistency.

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  13. lin marie says…
    01/03/2014

    mine is FIND (put it on the FB page, but didn't think to include it on your blog)

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  14. Wendy says…
    01/03/2014

    Share

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  15. Michelle t. says…
    01/03/2014

    Truly inspiring. I have a lot to learn from my word. I'm so happy I took the leap to OPEN up and do this. Thanks. Michelle t.

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  16. Confessions of a Fat Chick says…
    01/03/2014

    I don't know how I'm going to do this, but my word is NO. Not in a negative way, in a healthy way. I need to learn to say no.

    You can read why I've chosen "no" as my word here: http://www.confessionsofafatchick.org/1/post/2013/12/learning-to-say-no.html

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  17. Nicole says…
    01/03/2014

    perseverance

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  18. Nicole (nicoletteromero) says…
    01/03/2014

    My word is Rebel (v.)

    - I am going to rebel against the things I've cowered under for too long. I am going to stop rebelling against responsible things like brushing my teeth and doing the dishes :) and I am going to start rebelling against Fear, Hatred, Shame, Opinions, Darkness.

    Rebel!

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  19. Elizabeth says…
    01/03/2014

    Mmmmmmm. Listening to Liz read the list feels so nourishing.

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  20. Verona says…
    01/03/2014

    My word found me on New Year's Day. I had been searching and trying out other words for over a month. It is Bloom. This is year six for me

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  21. Brooke says…
    01/04/2014

    This is my first OLW class, very excited.
    So I thought I had my word twice now. I finally realized there has been a word all along right in front of me that I just realized that I need this year.

    It is Gentle.

    It is a word we have been using a lot in our house lately and it finally rang true that Gentle is what I need to focus on.
    The word first came when my oldest son's therapist used it. We have focused on it with him a lot this year he is 3. ALso with my 2 year old teaching him to be Gentle.
    I realize I need to be Gentle with myself, the way I talk about myself. Not putting myself down.
    The way I react to my kids when they are both throwing tantrums and upset.
    I could go on and on. My word was in front of me all along, glad I finally saw it.

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  22. Liz Wills says…
    01/04/2014

    Hi Ali, I didn't see my word PASSION. ❤️

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  23. Dawn says…
    01/04/2014

    What I find interesting is that after choosing a word, if I second guess myself or think that it's not good enough, I feel it in my chest that I can't change the word - my word is my word. And, incidentally, my word for this year is health.

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  24. Michele says…
    01/04/2014

    My word is imperfection. I feel I need to embrace being imperfect and let go of being perfect.

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  25. Nicki bishop says…
    01/04/2014

    Mine is NOW. I included it on FB page but not on your blog comments!

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