2013's Word of the Year

Happy 2013 ...

(image from Graphics Fairy)

Funny I JUST wrote 2012. I wonder just how long I'll be writing that.

When I think of 2012 it was a VERY negative trying year for my family. So in order to keep me focused on the positive things in 2013 I thought I would try the "Word of the Year" that I saw SO many bloggers do last year. I have been thinking, for the past couple weeks, what MY word would be. I kept coming back to 1 word ...

PERSISTENT

 (Continuing firmly or obstinately in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition)

I see myself as a persistent person, usually. However, I find that when life starts to get difficult that positive thought seems to fly out the window. Then I start to feel like I'm spinning in a circle not finding the point of reference that keeps me focused. Eventually I balance myself again but there's a feeling that a small part of my spirit is gone. Ya see, I'm a "glass is half full" kinda person. I found myself in 2012 feeling like the glass just had something in it. Not "half full" or "half empty". Does that make any kind of sense? So, I'm really going to focus on staying persistent even when I feel like my world is starting to spin out of control. Ya know the saying that everything happens for a reason.

The other thing I'm starting today is something I found this past summer on Pinterest.

Ya start the year with an empty jar and fill it with notes about the good things that happen. Then, on New Years Eve, empty it and see what awesome stuff happened that year. I thought it was a good way to keep things in perspective. 

So how 'bout you ... do you do resolutions? If you do, are you good with sticking with em'?

Have you done the "word of the year"? How did it work for YOU?

Happy New Year my Friends. 

(I raise a glass to you)

Here's to new junque in 2013 !!!!

: )

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