I have never been good at making or keeping New Year’s resolutions…but the past few years I have had a focus word. Two years ago my word was “gather”. It was a year in which I needed to gather my family, my friends, and any strength I could find. Last year was my year to “restore”. I feel like I accomplished very little last year but maybe that is exactly what I needed. My word for 2011 is “Embrace”. I hope to be mindful of embracing each moment of each day…to embrace new adventures and to embrace old traditions. I hope to “take or clasp in the arms…hug” family members and friends more often. I hope to “take in with the eye and the mind” via photography every day. I hope to “receive gladly” new ideas, new sensations, new friends. I hope to “seize” each day.
To start the year off we lost our internet access for a few days and I have to admit that I found it easy to embrace having more time to read and for getting to bed earlier…but I still plan to embrace my love for photography here at Picturing the Year. Happy New Year to all who stop by!
19 comments:
Oliag! a very happy New Year to you and to your family! May it be the one of 'embracing' :-) and oh how happy am I to hear that you will still be here sharing your gorgeous pictures! :-) xoxo
Oliag, wonderful post
I'm right there with you
A Happy and Embracing New Year to you Gail! What a great word and I'm so happy that you'll still be showing up here with your words and photo's for another year.
Happy New Year! May you find what you're looking for and embrace life in a great big bear hug!
a much better choice than another word on the dictionary page ... wouldn't want to spend the whole year trying to "embowel" life. sounds messy. :)
Love this image. Met you on Picture Winter. Happy 2011!
Happy New Year, Oliag!! I love the concept of a "focus word" to guide your year--brilliant.
Your embrace is wide, indeed. Thank you.
happy happy new year hon!! i like embrace - to me it is like my word of acceptance. embracing the new year, what comes to you, what you find. a perfect word!
Embrace... what a lovely word to begin a new year with, Oliag! I love the brightness and possibility the word suggests. I hope you will embrace lots of new & wonderful things this year, my fried. I look forward to sharing another year of blogging & friendship with you in 2011! :o) ((HUGS))
Embrace is a wonderful word to use as a theme fpr the new year, Oliag! Too much of life can go by unknowticed and under appreciated.
A happy, healthy 2011!
Very beautiful, Oliag. There is something so peaceful about choosing a meditation word the way you have. It is very centering. While you embrace, may you also feel embraced.
xo
I'm always searching for new photography blogs and I found yours through Maureen at Cottage 960 (at least I think that's where it was!). I'm a recent photography enthusiast (one year and counting) and I'm always wanting to learn more. You take wonderful photos and I'll be adding you to my blogroll! Nice to meet you!
a very good word indeed!
mine is strength... i need strength to embrace all that lies ahead. i have the willingness to embrace it all, but sometimes i feel i lack the strength.
love this shot of your word for 2011.
so fun seeing you around in picture winter!
i love that word. such a good, comforting word.
Happy New Year! Looking forward to more of your wonderful photos.
I followed Jillsy here - I trust her taste in blogs, and she was right again. Love your photographs, and I love the one word for the year concept ... I chose a phrase from a song "Don't let another moment slip away" which I guess could be condensed into 'embrace'! Happy New Year!
oh the word is a delight..so many ways to use this all year ....
I would think that having a word for the year would make you more mindful of each appearance of it in your surroundings and relationships.
How do you decide what word to "embrace?"
Embrace. I love it. I also love gather. I would have never thought of it. How wonderful.
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