SOTC 275/365

SOTC 274/365

Edmonton! What's not to--

2017 in One Word OR SOTC 265/365

I started a new story. I spoke up for what I need. I let it go.  I listened with empathy. I had hard conversations. I found courage to try again. I asked for help. I offered help. I tried something new. I shared joy. I listened to my feelings. I voiced my feelings. I expressed my feelings. I acknowledged my mistakes. I forgave others. I forgave myself. I re-defined my boundaries. I lived in my integrity.

I chose

#IAmGrateful 22

Words

I have the utmost, heartfelt appreciation for the extensive vocabulary housed within the cavities of my personal lexicon. To be able to utilize the riches of the English language to create vivid imagery around a concept; to express an emotion swelling within my heart; or to simply emphasize a point worthy of your cognitive consideration.

Or, put more simply:

Words. They're awesome.

Time to S-t--r---e----t-----c------h

Stretch the body.

Stretch the mind.

Stretch the soul.

"Stretch" into 2014.

(http://oneword365.com)

One WHOLE Year

Gosh, how time continues to fly. How are we at the end of 2013 already, when in some ways, it feels as if it has only just begun?

whole adj. 

1. Containing all components; complete.
2. Not divided or disjoined; in one unit.
3. Constituting the full amount, extent, or duration.
4.     a. Not wounded, injured, or impaired; sound or unhurt.
        b. Having been restored; healed.
adv. Informal Entirely; wholly

As I entered 2013, I knew that the word whole would be one to guide me. Unlike my previous two OneWord365 reflections, however, this was not tied to any specific goal or task (e.g. I knew that "create" would apply to my photography, amongst other things); it was simply a way I wanted to practice being as I moved through the year.

• Complete -- Recognizing that I am complete; I am enough; I am whole--simply because I was created that way.
• Not divided or disjoined -- In community, the whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts (members). Who are my communities? What is my part in creating the whole? What divides us? What draws us together?
• The full amount -- I give wholly of myself; I receive fully from others.
• Sound or unhurt -- Certain circumstances, situations, and relationships can fracture our heart. Sometimes these things are out of our control. Often, however, we can reframe how we see our circumstances, and we can choose to put ourselves into or out of unhealthy situations and relationships.
• Restored -- When we are fractured, weary, burnt out, broken, we can be restored to wholeness through prayer, forgiveness, and being gentle with ourselves while God heals the heart.

"Individuality is only possible

if it unfolds from wholeness."

-- David Bohm

I am whole.

Four Letter Word (SOTC 82/365)

Four Letter Word (SOTC 82/365), a photo by gina.blank on Flickr.

Whole

whole

adj.

1. Containing all components; complete.

2. Not divided or disjoined; in one unit.

3. Constituting the full amount, extent, or duration.

4.

a. Not wounded, injured, or impaired; sound or unhurt.

b. Having been restored; healed.

adv. Informal

Entirely; wholly.

Definition adapted from the Free Online Dictionary.
Idea motivated by New Year's.
Happy 2013.