I have great thoughts in the shower. (Doesn’t everyone?) So the other night I got out of the shower, and like usual, I promptly forgot all the great thoughts I’d been thinking. Which was not good because it was January 1 and I needed to nail down my One Word, fast!
I told my husband my problem. We talked, and some of the words I’d been thinking of came back quickly–brave, strong, free, hope–but I couldn’t remember the promising oddball. “It starts with an ‘e’, I think,” I say. “Maybe e-n? No, it’s e-x–”
Exhausted!” he says.
It’s not that.
2011 was a hard year; I think in hindsight it’s going to be a year of transition. And it was a good year. I dealt with some big things that have been weighing me down. We knocked off some old goals and resurrected some forgotten dreams. I feel like I cleared the runway in 2011, and now, I’m ready to take off. I’m ready to see what lies ahead.
I am expectant.
It scares me to think it, to say it, to write it because the last time I felt a strong sense of anticipation things unfolded quite differently from the way I’d hoped. (You can read about that here.)
I am looking into the New Year with hope and determination. I am making plans and and dreaming big and getting myself in gear.
I am ready to see what 2012 holds, and I am setting off to meet it.
Expectant.
Have you chosen a word (or words) for 2012? I’d love to hear it–please share it with us in comments.
If you’re looking for inspiration, check out One Word 365.
photo credit: Jimmy MacDonald
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I think my 2012 word is “enough”. To realize on a deeper level and daily level I have enough. And enough of the transition in my life. To have the basics on solid ground such as shelter, health of my family, employment, and continual growth in my relationship with Christ, this is enough.
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