🌿A “Word of the Year” isn’t a resolution with better PR. It’s a north star in your pocket—something you can reach for when life gets loud, messy, or exhausting. It’s not about perfection. It's about direction. 💡 Why one word works Goals can feel like homework. A word shows up in real life: - When you’re about to overcommit - When you’re reacting instead of responding - When you’re tempted to quit - When you’re choosing everyone else over yourself Your word becomes a simple question: “What would my word do here?” ✅ Quick Word-Picking Process (10 minutes) Grab a notebook or piece of paper. Write 3 lists: More of: Less of: Let go of: Circle what has the most emotional charge. That’s usually the doorway. Now ask: What’s the theme underneath?Overwhelm → Focus / SteadinessSelf-judgment → GraceClenching + holding on → ReleaseFeeling flat/numb → Joy / LoveFear + playing small → Ownership / Wildflower 🔥 The 3 Tests (to choose the right one) Pick your top 3 words and test them: 1) Bad-Day TestOn a hard day, does this word help… or shame you? 2) Whisper TestSay: “This year, I choose ___.”If your body softens or your eyes get spicy (teary), pay attention. 3) Behavior TestCan you name 3 actions this word would change? If not, it’s too vague. 🌸 Words already in our community Wildflower • Focus • Perseverance • Joy • Deep Breath • Embrace • Release • Grace • Ownership • Devoted • Steadiness • Peace • Tolerance • Love 👉If you’re choosing from these, try finishing one sentence: “This year, my word will help me practice ______.” 🧷 Make it REAL (not just pretty) Choose 1–2 anchors: - Put your word on your phone wallpaper - Write a daily question: “What would (WORD) do here?” - Pick one micro-ritual (ex, one deep breath before emails, meals, hard conversations) - Do a monthly reset: “Where did I live my word? Where did I drift?” A word becomes powerful when it changes tiny moments. That’s where your year is actually made. 👇 Comment below

We were challenged to create a living altar. I realized many of my Christmas Decorations are a living altar. I walked through the house pausing at several of the items I had hurriedly placed around the house a couple of weeks ago. A Nativity that my parents bought their first Christmas together. No extra money for anything else. A bell hanging on a doorknob given to us by my maternal grandma for our first Christmas together. A trio of elves I “stole” from my Uncle during a family gift exchange. And then I came to an angel made out of burlap, now torn in spots due to age. My paternal grandma loved crafts(I didn’t inherit that gene🤣) When my son was young he looked at the angel and said “that is the ugliest angel I have ever seen” and since then…..she has been affectionately called Ugly Angel.

Carl Jung — 'The world will ask who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you.' We all grow up with this idea of who we are and who we want to be but the reality is that life will show you who you really are.