One Word: I Choose to Be

A single word can be a powerful thing. It can be the ripple in the pond that changes everything. It can be sharp and biting or rich and soft and slow. From my own personal experience, it can be a catalyst for enriching your life.

Can you identify a single word that sums up what you want for yourself in 2017?

It can be something tangible or intangible. It could be a thought, or a feeling, or an emotion. It can be singular or plural. The key is to find something that has personal meaning for you. This is not your mother's word or your spouse's word or your child's word - this is YOUR word.

One little word can have big meaning in your life if you allow yourself to be open to the possibilities. And here's one thing that is totally interesting: sometimes a word will pop into your brain and it will not make any sense to you right now. Give it some time. Let it percolate a bit. I have often found that our hearts speak to us in very unique ways. Maybe this is a word you need to hear but just aren't ready for it yet.

In 2017, I will select one word for myself — a word that I can focus on, mediate on, and reflect upon as I go about my daily life. This word will become a part of my life in one way or another. It will be imbedded into who I am, and into who I'm becoming. Could this be what I've needed (and didn't know I needed). To help me to breathe deeper, to see clearer, and to grow.

 Because I kept wanting to return to words from the past years and use them again. I think this will let me center on goals for this year to be healthier, financially responsible, creative, family orientated, and to be  motivated and inspiring.

I wanted it to be front and center, in my face......This is my planner cover, it was created with canvas that is painted and then decorated with my words from the last 8 years onto the cover. It holds my planner, my project planner and Cache style journals

My word for 2017 is Choose or Choice

Definition:

verb:
1:  Pick out or select (someone or something) as being the best or most appropriate of two or more choices.
2:  Decide on a course of action, typically after rejecting alternatives

transitive verb

1a: to select freely and after consideration

1b: to decide on especially by vote : elect

2a: to have a preference for

2b: to decide

intransitive verb

1: to make a selection

2: to take an alternative —used after cannot and usually followed by but  - when earth is so kind, men cannot choose but be happy — J. A. Froude

Synonyms: cherry-pick, cull, elect, handpick, name, opt (for), pick, prefer, select, single (out), tag, take

Antonyms: decline, refuse, reject, turn down

This is my new work out shirt.  I wanted something light weight and that would reflect my "One Word" for this year.  This reminds me that it my choice.