A Word for 2011

Like most people I have a tendency to get a little introspective at the end of one year and the start of the next. I used to make resolutions. Promises to myself to change, do, not do.... Promises that I broke before too long. Then I read a blog by Ali Edwards and she was talking about choosing a single word for the year. How freeing I thought! A single word to focus on, learn more about, apply to your life, listen for, and let speak into your life.


And so, at the beginning of 2011, I have been thinking about what my new word should be. It came to me slowly. After considering a lot of possibilities, this word just kept coming back to me. So I think it has chosen me as much as I choose it.

Believe.

I look forward to seeing what this word will come to mean to me over the course of the year. What is your word for the year?





"One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying." -Joan of Arc

"When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably." -Walt Disney

Believe: (verb)

1. To have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof.

2. To have confidence or faith in the truth; give credence to.

3. to have confidence in the assertions of a person.

4. to have a conviction that a person or thing is, has been, or will be engaged in a given action or involved in a given situation.

5. to suppose or assume; understand.

6. to have faith.

Synonyms: accept, accredit, admit, affirm, attach weight to, be certain of, be convinced of, conclude, count on, credit, deem, fall for, give credence to, have faith in, have no doubt, hold, keep the faith, lap up, place confidence in, posit, presume true, presuppose, reckon on, regard, rest assured, suppose, swear by, take as gospel, take at one's word, trust, understand

link to Ali's blog: www.aliedwards.com/2010/12/one-little-word-2011.html