My Word

My colleague/fellow blogger/good friend, Kathleen introduced me to this idea. The idea of choosing your word for the year. I've been thinking alot about this concept. The idea is to kinda-sorta live your life around your meaning and interpretation of this word, the word you choose. Last year, about mid way through 2008, I chose a word and the word was INSPIRE. I chose the word inspire because I truly felt inspired. I was inspired to be more, to be better, to live my life with purpose. I was on a journey to define my life purpose. I was taking on a new role as a Life Coach and I wanted to share this amazing feeling with others, and inspire others to feel good things. Happiness. Joy. Love. Fulfillment. Purpose. Hope.

There was a while there when I was suffering from what author and speaker Christine Hassler calls, the Expectation Hangover. I was feeling sadness, frustration, anger. It took me a very long time (about 3 months) to really move on from these feelings and get back on my path. My path to constantly move my life in a positive direction, to learn more and be more.

I have been considering my word for a few days now. There are, excuse me, were a few that were of serious consideration...love, purpose, passion, live, aspire. But there is one word, my word of 2009, that really, I believe encompasses all of these feelings I have inside. My word for 2009 is a word that will challenge me to do all the things I want to in a positive and peaceful manner. To believe in myself and appreciate the things in life that are precious. To remember that life is about the good and the bad. To be a better person, one that doesn't take life for granted and appreciates the beauty of life.



My word for 2009 is SIMPLIFY.