The Sunrise Story

Happy New Year! It's 2017 and here I am again with another word of the year, otherwise known as my OLW. To talk about where I'm going, I want to look back and see where this all started.  2009: Mettle 2010: Engage 2011: Build 2012: Embrace 2013: Author 2014: Risk 2015: Fly 2016: Selah Picking a word began in 2009 with the word, METTLE. ENGAGE followed that in 2010. BUILD, EMBRACE, and AUTHOR continued the tradition in 2011, '12, and '13. In 2014, the words seemed to find me...RISK and FLY in 2015. Those are two words that made a great impact on my life. I just said goodbye to SELAH for 2016. This word was out of the ordinary. I loved this word. I used it to name a business that I opened this year. These words become part of my DNA.  Picking a word became easier for more the more I did it, until this year. It seemed that if I was open and listening, the word would find me. It was a moment. Obvious. That didn't happen this year. I struggled...

Posted at Two Writing Teachers for weekly Slice of Life  Challenge. I don't make resolutions. Resolutions make me feel less than and I don't want to start the year feeling like a failure. In 2009, I discovered One Little Word as an alternative. I've been picking a word of the year since 2009. (As I was researching my start, I found this comment on TWT post from 2009.)  My word guides my year. I have an ongoing list...on my phone, in my notebook...and I'm always looking for potential words. I believe it's important to find a word that will lead me to a new and wonderful place in my life. Words are important and meaningful to me and having one to guide me has proven very helpful.  When I pick my word, I have a vision...a goal. In my head, I know what I'm hoping my word will accomplish for me. The best thing about the word of the year...it never goes where I think it will, but it always goes somewhere better. I trust this process and it works for me.  H...