No, I didn't fall off the edge of the earth, I have just been stuck in a rut! I haven't been writing much except on my children's book and even that is stuck!
I have missed visiting with you about our everyday life adventures. It's because you read, that I write! You are part of my therapy!
So I will quickly apologise for not writing and move on! Sorry, I haven't posted in a while!
It's a new year! For some of us that is terrifying and for others it brings hope for new and exciting adventures. For me it's a mix of both.
I don't like new years resolutions simple because I can't keep them. I will sometimes make it a couple of days and maybe even stretch into a week and then fall off what ever wagon I was trying to ride! The weight loss wagon, the I'll be nice to everyone wagon, the keeping a perfect routine wagon, it doesn't matter which one I was riding on I always fell off! The one consolation for me is that I am not alone! Only 8% of us achieve our resolutions!(I did look that up on somebodies research.) I guess I shouldn't feel so bad about my lack of success!
This morning, however, as I was watching the Today Show and Jon Gordan the author of "One Word Will Change Your Life" was on talking about his book and it caught my attention. Let me backtrack here with a little of my background. I was practically raised on "motivational talk"! My church was a "faith message" church, so anything negative was pretty much considered "a lack of faith, not enough prayer, not enough Bible study, or from sin in your life. Back to this morning. My first instinct was to blow him off and think he was just a jerk playing with peoples heads but even after the segment was over I couldn't let go of the idea of "my word". Jon Gordan's instructions to finding your word kept slipping into my mind. First, look inward to what you need and then look upward to God to give you your word, lastly look outward to live your word. Still thinking this was pretty hokey I decided to just think about it and casually give it a try. * I want to interject here that I do not know anything about this guy, I don't know if he is for real or just a charlatan looking to make a few million bucks. Then I remembered that God could use an ass to get something across to you if He wants too!*
Well, a word came to my mind, "Action". So I looked it up while I was watching the Rose Parade and wrote down meanings and other words that started with "Act" like activist, activity, active, activate. You get the picture. I was feeling kind of good about this word but I didn't see it as "my word" exactly.
I looked up from my notebook for a minute to check out one of the floats and there it was, my word. Weird I know but I really believe it is my word for the year 2014. The name on the float was "Thrive" I picked up my laptop and googled , thrive, only to find exactly what I needed to hear:
*flourish * revive * grow * prosper * make steady progress * expand * bloom * turn * change of position* undergo transformaion * action * I was surprised to see my first word that I thought of "action" in the list.
I don't know if it was a "Word from God" or not, I'd like to think so since I believe in that kind of stuff, but I do believe it is My Word for 2014.
I started making a list of things I actively need to do in order for me to thrive.
It looks something like this:
- Be active spiritually.
- Be active physically.
- Be active socially.
- Be active mentally.
These are my goals for this year:
- Pray Pope Francis's 5 finger prayer.Shooting for at least a couple of times a week.
- Walk sometime during the week.
- Eat with a friend at least once a month.
- Write.
Maybe you could give it a try, what do you have to loose? I really believe there is a Word out there for you, too!
Peace, till we visit again and I pray that you will THRIVE in 2014!
P.S. I'd love to hear what your word is or what you think about all this so just shoot me a comment! I'll try not to be so long between posts!
Happy New Year! Rosemary
P.S. again! I didn't have my husband edit this so I apologise for any gramatical errors!
