One Little Word 2013: CREATE

This year I am choosing my third word for the One Little Word, class with Ali Edwards on Big Picture Scrapbooking.

 As I looked at my words from the past two years, it made me think of the reasons behind the words. In 2010 my word was a phrase, Consider This! It captured for me, the introspect of the year and what it would entail. Consider this, was to look at other peoples point of view. It really came from my dad, because it was a year of reflection on him, and all he instilled in us. To really look at life and people from the other mans perspective, instead of just my own. it was powerful.

In 2011' my first year, I just focused on the word, no class.  I adopted " consider this" as a frame for how I viewed the world and the people I interact with daily.  It transformed my mindset, and helped me to move beyond motive and behavior and get to know the story behind people's behavior.

 My word for 2012 was GROW. I had no idea of how such a simple word would be a catalyst of change in my life and what I considered opportunities to GROW. It taught me to trust myself, because I am really focused and guiding my processes, even when it doesn't feel good. When I say I'm guiding it, its God directing and me following.

This year, 2013 the word is CREATE.  According to Merriam Webster Dictionary To create means

1

: to bring into existence created

 the heaven and the earth — Genesis 1:1

2

a : to invest with a new form, office, or rank created

 a lieutenant

b : to produce or bring about by a course of action or behaviorcreated a terrible fuss;create new jobs

3

: cause, occasion create

s high food prices>

4

a : to produce through imaginative skill <create a painting>

b : design <creates dresses>

intransitive verb

1

: to make or bring into existence something new

2

: to set up a scoring opportunity in basketball <create off the dribble>

All I can think, is wow!   This is what I'm inviting into my life in 2013 with this one little word.  It's going to be an amazing, supercalifragalistic year!  Yes, that's from Mary Poppins, so I've dated my era.

As I type, in Starbucks, Al Green is playing  in the background, Love and Happiness.   Grooving to Al Green, typing my thoughts, fulfilling my goal to write daily, it doesnt get better than that.  Here's some of the lyrrics:
Love and happiness, Love and happiness, you be good to me, I'll be good to you.  We'll be together.  That sounds like relationship to me.  An exchange, a committment.  What better starting point to creation.  It began with the Creator, creating with a thought, that came into existence.  It all begins with a thought purposing our lives.

So here's what I will create in 2013:
Create Relationhips
Create Art Media
Create Through Song
Create a Vision for Families
Create a Network of Support
Create Tranquility
Create Health
Create Mindfulness
Create Workshops

GROW....

One Little Word

This is my second year joining Ali Edwards  for the one little word project.  Last year, it was transforming as I used my phrase for the year, "Consider This".  I looked at consider others point of view rather than just my way of thinking and approaching life.  This resonants with doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. 

This year, my one little word is "GROW".  What does the word "GROW" mean, it is to expand from one place to another, to germinate, to cause increase.  My goal is to see how growth happens all around me and to write about my journey.  When I think of growing through transitions of life, it gives me hope that we can experience transformation through the process.  When something is growing, other things are dying off.  The death of a thing, causes life to spring forth in another.  The spring buds only appear, after the dead leaves of fall and winter are pushed off by the new bud.  It's a signaling  for new growth.  Come GROW with me.