I love the idea of a word of the year, though I often struggle to find one. Nobody is carving my word in stone. If it doesn’t work or no longer fits, I can change it or just let it go.
2015 is my year to open.
Open
I want to be open to possibilities and new ideas and experiences, to keep an open mind and not jump to the reasons why something won’t work.
I want to keep my eyes open to see the beauty around me, notice what is happening in my life, be present.
I want my heart open to joy and wonder.
I want to get back to yoga and open my body and inner channels that are stuck.
I want openness around me—open space, less clutter—and open space in my schedule to reflect and dream and play.
I want to be outside in open places under the broad sky. I want to remember to look up at that sky, to scurrying clouds playing hide and seek with the moon or settling of rose-gold behind the branches as daylight settles out.
And I want to be open to new ways to see this word in my life as I move through the year. It’s a new year, and I’m open to change.
Your openings
Think about openness in your own life. Where could you be more open? What would openness or openings look like for you? Freewrite about the word open or openness or openings.
Do you have a word of the year?
Did you choose your word, or did it choose you? Tell us about it.
I love all the different ways you are going to be open. I think we can often feel stuck in a word of the year because we don’t see all of the meanings, we don’t see all the different parts of our life to which it relates. My word/phrase/theme for 2015 is Intentional Action. I want to do things meaningfully, thoughtfully and with purpose. I want to be active in creating the life I want. I want to make the right choices and follow through. I am ready to create a lot and it is with intentional action that I will be able to stay focused AND free.
Love that you started with such a simple but wonderful word! Remembering to keep my eyes open (and off my cell phone, haha) is always such a struggle to me and definitely something I’m working on this year, too!
xox
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Open is such a lovely word! ‘Possibilities’ is a word that keeps floating into my consciousness in the last several months and open seems an even simpler way to embrace it. My own word for 2015 is: Loving. I see loving as an action word, something beyond just love. Much of my life with two small children, a growing business and loved ones who need a piece of me too, I find myself needing to react to what is around me all day long. While I would love to plan more of my life and I always try, there are just constant surprises and… possibilities. All I seem truly able to do is deal with my own personal response to all of it. So when I am at a loss about what to do I simply ask myself “what is the most loving thing I can do in this moment?” This question has calmed many a brewing storm, whether it is with my children melting down, a disagreement with my partner or my lack of certainty about my own personal next step. Sometimes there isn’t even enough time to ask the question and I simply hear an eternal shout of “loving” as I quell my nearly raised voice or reach out to hug rather than a lecture. The word ‘loving’ saved me the last few months and I am excited to embrace it fully this year. Thanks Sara!
I started with the word possibilities, but it wasn’t quite sitting right with me. Open felt more open-ended while still embracing possibility. I like the idea of a touchstone question.