One Little Word - 2012

I've never been one for New Year's Resolutions. I like goals and I like to work toward them but doing so at the New Year has always seemed sort of empty to me.

Last year, however, I became exposed to the idea of Ali's One Little Word. You choose one word to embody for the year.

Ali says "And what do you do with this one little word?
You live with it. You invite it into you life. You let it speak to you. You might even follow where it leads. There are so many possibilities."

And this idea really spoke to me. I liked the idea of making resolution about how I want to live rather than what I want to 'do'. I like the idea of it as an affirmation rather than an obligation.

So for 2011 - I chose the word "Awake".

I wanted to be open to possibilities, aware of the things going on around me, engaged in my life. Making Conscious choices. Seeking a life that was more in tune with all that I really wanted from my life. And I feel that this was a helpful thing for me in the year past.

This year, for 2012, I have chosen "Reverent".

I want to make choices in my life that reflect reverence. I want to live each day with more thoughtfulness. I want to look for the Divine in the Everyday and behave in a reverent way.

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