Category: New Year Intentions

My Word of Intention for 2019

This past weekend, a group of girlfriends and I shared our monthly call.  We’ve been gathering on the phone once-a-month to connect, share, and pray with each other for almost 20 years (which is bananas when I think about how long its been!).  We’ve seen each other through so much and it’s truly been a blessing to have them in my life.

As I was telling them about the latest happenings from the past month, I noticed that I didn’t have any complaints about life.  Outside of a couple of minor personal concerns, there wasn’t really anything of note that was “wrong.”  I felt like I was in a good place and primarily had feelings of gratitude.  There were some things I talked about wanting — that I’ve talked about for awhile — but even then, noticed the former distress wasn’t there.

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Intentional Living in 2018: How to Find Your Word

“When you have clarity of intention, the universe conspires with you to make it happen.”- Fabienne Fredrickson

I love the start of a new year. There is an energy of hope and anticipation that I find infectious. For me the New Year presents an opportunity to set a new intention, which I use to help guide me throughout the year.

I don’t remember anymore who it was that introduced me to the concept of finding a word for the year, but I am forever grateful to that person. I have been following this practice of finding my Word for the past several years now. The idea is to set a word of intention instead of making New Year’s resolutions. I really love this concept because I am horrible at keeping resolutions and I know I’m not alone. We’ve all done it. Making promises to ourselves to go the the gym five times a week and only eat vegetables. But by the end of the first week (or maybe the second if I’m lucky), I’ve ordered a pizza and am curled-up in bed watching a movie on Netflix! Resolutions are always a nice idea, but they never stick.

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