I have never really chosen a word to manifest a year for myself. I came across the idea originally on Vivienne McMaster's blog, but I have seen it many places since, so I am not sure where it originally originates. This year, since I was doing so much thinking, reflecting, and manifesting with Reverb10, I thought I would get on the word band wagon.
I have thought a lot about my word.
At first I had a phrase that really resonated with me
"Showing up for my own adventure"
I plan to utilize this phrase for my self work this year, but it is not a single word. Neither is "showing up", which I really really really wanted to use as my word. But I must be stringent with myself. I must chose one word.
The next thing that came to mind was
"Adventure"
'cause it is in my phrase. However, my heart immediately said "nope, I'm not ready for adventure yet. you and me got some other shit to do first"
Ok.
So I went back to "showing up". What exactly does this mean.
Being present...
Present, like presence. Hmmm. Look it up. YES!! This is what showing up is about.
Here is what I wrote in my journal.
Presence~ the state or fact of existing, occurring, or being present
I sat with this word for awhile. It has some associations for me that I am not so comfortable with. Like excessive hours of mindfulness meditation (that sounds more like an adventure to me). But then one of those things happened. You know, the little screaming coincidence that whacks you across the head telling you "it's allll good baby, you are going the right way".
I have these angel cards (I am sure you have seen them) with single words on them. I often blindly pull one and place it in the arms of my Tara statue for awhile. The other day I went to pull a new word, because my heart had told me that adventure (the current word in arms) wasn't what I needed right now and I felt like I should pull a new one. I paused for a second and thought "wouldn't it be funny if I pulled the word presence?"
I am sure you can guess what I pulled.
Ok, that's my word then.
2011 will be all about PRESENCE...in all it's forms.
