trust

What a great month it has been watching all 'your words' appear here and in our One Word Project pool on Flickr. However you chose it, may your word serve you well. May it guide you, encourage you, remind you, inspire you. May it whisper to your soul when you need it most. May it push you past the not so good days and help you celebrate all life has in store for you. You have only just begun your journey this year,  now you need to have faith that your word is the one, and then trust in the process. Embrace this new year, as you have embraced your word. If you are still searching for your word, it will come, trust in that. Perhaps when you least expect it, or stop trying to find it, it will find you. If you need a little extra inspiration check out all the amazing images contributed this month in the OWP pool, or perhaps re-watch that great video Chris so beautifully curated last week in her "power of one" post. (if you missed it last Tuesday, do click on over now) I love that video, it feels so powerful.

I can wholeheartedly say I really feel my word this year. It was not at all the word I thought I needed.  In the beginning of January when I began contemplating a word for me and my year, I was feeling words like simplify, center, & balance, all good things, but internally I knew something was missing and it was holding me back from fully committing to any one of those words.  Then a dear friend and I spoke and she shared her heart with me and that she too was feeling many of those words but that they did not feel proactive enough. That was exactly it!  As soon as she said that I knew that was what my heart was longing for, an action word!  Those, to me, seem riskier, scarier, therefore making me more vulnerable.  That may be true, but that is just what I need to push myself this year. On my drive home that day my word hit me, become.  Now I am embracing it, fears, nerves and all. My word is speaking loudly and I am listening.

Tomorrow we begin a new month and announce a new one word, but we have right now to celebrate all of our individual words one last time. Tell us, how do you feel about your word, are you trusting in the process? Do you feel it doing its work?

Comments

[rakusribut]

what a great word to have as a companion through this year, kristin....
my word suddenly 'happened' one day, it is PLENTY and i've been experiencing it ever since
helga

[Marcie]

Yes - thus far - my word and my intention 'BRAVE' has been my companion and guide:
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/home/2012/1/29/januarys.html

[giftsofthejourney (Elizabeth Harper)]

Big changes for me and I am definitely learning to ' trust the process' as evidenced by an action I took yesterday and wrote about complete with photo documentation.

https://giftsofthejourney.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/defining-moments-giving-up-the-gold/

[LeAnne]

My word for the year is "Calling" and I'm feeling this word on multiple levels. Just this time last year, I was excited about a web design project (voluntary, but important to me) I' was very prooud of, but had to let go of. Its hard to explain why a volunteer project so much to me except that it represented something I felt "called" to do. Almost a year to the day later "call" for a very similar project because someone saw my design and loved it. This time I will actually get paid to do it! I'm looking so forward to seeing what (and who) calls me this year.

[Audrey Amaro]

Just watched this video, now I'm crying tears of joy. Gosh I love this happy place. This picture is amazing too. My heart is smiling right now.

[WorthIt!]

I'm excited about my word, reflect.

I've shared this image before but, it's a great example of what I hope to build upon as I reflect his year.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52055227@N07/6080366564/in/set-72157624781735290

[Uta]

my word is allow

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sagresgrafix/6716601249/in/photostream

[R Murdoch]

looks clean

[Lisa]

I totally undertand the "missing" something feeling. My original word is a good word, but I have been contemplating changing it and then it all seems so funny because my original word was perservere and here I am going to change it:) A little too ironic. But my new word that feels right is connect and so that is my new word.

[sdagga]

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