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TRUST: 2018 End of Year Review

For the last two years I've had a My Intent bracelet for my word of the year. I wear it every day, all the time as a reminder.

Since 2015 I have had a 'word of the year.'

It all started when a friend of mine from high school, who creates beautiful hand lettered items, posted a giveaway in her etsy store for a custom 'word of the year' creation. All you had to do was choose your word then comment the word and why. I didn't think too much about it, but the first word that popped into my head was 'home' so I typed it out with the explanation that I was determined to stay home more that year: cook at home, train for a half marathon, that kind of stuff. However, God took that word and ran with it. 

I'll go back and summarize the previous years in coming posts, but that's the background, now onto 2018: the year of TRUST.

Trust was my word of the year. I didn't really like it because when it came to me I was dealing with a sticky situation with a friend and trusting anything wasn't really what I was up for, however I know how this game works and trust was my word, whether I liked it or not. 

Clearly I had some preconceived notions of where I thought trust would take me and, as per usual, that was not the direction I went at all. I thought I would be waiting out this friendship snafu until it evened itself out, and I guess in reality I still am, but I chose to trust the journey along the way. I don't know whether that situation will ever sort itself out completely, but it is beyond my control and I have to just trust it will somehow fall into place.

I'll admit, however, that this word of the year did not present its colors with the grandeur of years before. Instead trust was more of a quiet companion who walked along beside me in the darker hours and was a constant companion in the lighter times. I fell very strongly that 2018 (trust) and 2019 (to be revealed on January 1) are going to go hand in hand. Frankly I have to trust that my 2019 word is indeed correct because it absolutely terrifies me, if we're being quite honest.

Enough of my blathering on...I started to fit the whole year into one post, but decided to do twelve individual posts.Some are short, some are long, all are heartfelt. This wasn't the easiest of years. Read what sounds interesting, ignore the rest. Please understand that this is what I was feeling at the moment that it happened.

 I am leaving the titles to the chapters with links here:




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