I will be joining the journey.
As everyone knows, I am a huge fan of Ali Edwards and her approach to the world and her part in it. Just about everything she introduces online via her website or Big Picture Classes and elsewhere resonates in me and makes me think. I love people who introduce challenges and ideas that make me think.
Ultimately that is what had me sign up again.
I have failed at this project, in an album making sense, for the last couple of years. The reality is that this single project has been one of the most resonant I have ever attempted - repeatedly. Each word chosen over the years - balance, focus, do, open - has made significant impact in my life. From the process of selecting my guiding word for the year to the welcoming it into my day-to-day to surrendering enough to see how it works in my life has been a joyful revelation.
This last couple of months had me thinking I was going to use HARMONY as my word for this year. It is all around me: the kids singing, the music I enjoy through the day, the home I'm building, our family unity, education and future career choices and who knows, even e-harmony? The best word appeared to be harmony.
It may have been, for a time, and the goal of harmony will always be a part of my year, indeed my life, but I believe, in more recent experiences that the word that has chosen me is NOURISH.
So, with that in mind, I'll be preparing for success this year, this word, by organizing a place to put all of the project pieces together and actually get the album done! What about you? Are you a resolutions type of person or do you chose a word to nudge you along the way?
In my effort to create a fresh start, below is the art I've found that I think best reflects nourish and what I'm looking to find in it in 2013.
