My Word...

A brand new year has begun. I find it increasingly difficult to keep up with life's breakneck pace. Some days I feel that I am treading water trying to keep my head up. And other days I don't do near quite as well!

But regardless of how I feel, a new year is birthed today. A year that will be full of firsts, challenges, hopes, dreams, growing, falling, loving and living.

I was reading through one of my favorite inspiration blogs, Mt. Hope Chronicles, and Heidi has this project dubbed "One Little Word." Every year, she picks one word to focus her energies on for that year. And then she picks a word for each month that ties in with her OLW for the year.

I like to think of it as a sort of meditation for the year. A small way to keep the focus on what is really important.

So, with that in mind here are some ideas I came up with:

Diligence:: who doesn't need more of that...I certainly do, just ask my hubby!

Family:: it is so easy to get sidetracked with raising a family that being one falls by the wayside...

Enjoy:: with life's pace, it is so hard to remember to stop and take part in the little joys of it.

Organization:: as a mother of three little ones, this is definitely an ideal I could aspire to!

See how hard it is to just pick one!

But after much deliberation, I have chosen Purpose as my OLW for 2009. I can save other ideas for my monthly words.

Thanks Heidi for the inspiration!