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Email a FriendRather than making resolutions, I have chosen Self-Discipline as my theme for 2010. I also set personal, homemaking, and family goals each season!
What's the Word?
claiming one for the new year
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Thursday, December 31, 2009 2:32 PM
Flitting around the Internet recently, I came across a brilliant idea: picking a one-word resolution for the new year.
I am all about resolutions. Our family has a book we pull out each New Year’s Day to jot down resolutions for the coming year and to see how we did with last year’s goals. Using one word struck me with its simplicity—pick one word as your goal, write it down and hang it prominently in your home. Then live it!
What word would you choose for yourself or your family? There are so many options—love, peace, JOY! Or maybe something else entirely.
Happy New Year to you and yours, and abundant blessings.
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Posted by Heather Shipley on Thursday, Dec 31, 2009 7:42 PM (EDT):
Great one on the Self-discipline, heres mine a bit of a twist however instead of a word it is an answer. I figuered out with my pregnancy of #5 that if I answered the question how are you feeling, I answered, I feel GREAT instead of I can’t sleep, I’m feel so huge, or I think I own stock in Tums by now… Guess what I started not feeling so sorry for myself and it was an easier pregnancy!! The statement is usually from those sweet older ladies who sit behind you in church and right before you start to pack up after church they touch your shoulder and say, you have the most beautiful children…(I love those sweet ladies) I always answer Thank-you, which seems lame so here is my answer of the year. Thank-you they are the best thing I have ever done.
My Secular Franciscan Fraternity does this for me! Each year in January, when we get together, each person randomly chooses the name of a patron saint, a quote from Scripture or from St. Francis to inspire, another member of the SFO to keep in prayer, and a VIRTUE to work on through the year. These include fortitude, poverty, piety, hospitality, self-control, and more. We won’t meet until later in the month, but I always consider this my New Year’s resolution.
Posted by Mary Beth on Thursday, Dec 31, 2009 9:34 PM (EDT):
The statement is usually from those sweet older ladies who sit behind you in church and right before you start to pack up after church they touch your shoulder and say, you have the most beautiful children…(I love those sweet ladies) I always answer Thank-you, which seems lame so here is my answer of the year. Thank-you they are the best thing I have ever done.
I LOVE THIS…. THANK YOU! And I too am ever grateful for those sweet old ladies..I don’t know if I could have the fortitude to bring some of my 5 back after some Masses if it wasn’t for these dear souls!
Posted by Patricia on Friday, Jan 1, 2010 12:45 PM (EDT):
Seeing your title, “What’s the Word?” reminded me of something completely off subject. But it made me smile to remember the Sunday when my then 6 year old son asked me, “What’s the word?” right after we prayed, “Only say the word and I shall be healed.” This is the same kid who still sings “Lasagna in the Highest!” I enjoy your blog!
Posted by Diana on Friday, Jan 1, 2010 11:19 PM (EDT):
Thanks for this post! My word for the year is Health. Healthy relationships, (be the best reflection of Christ I can to all I encounter, but especially to family and friends) Healthy body (I have a goal to walk a half-marathon in the spring with a dear friend), Healthy mind (stop the negative self-talk), Healthy Spirit (keep a solid and growing prayer life).
This is the perfect way to tie all my goals together, and I was racking my brain all day trying to think of what I wanted to work on in this new beginning. Time and time again I have heard people wish Happy and Healthy New Years… I am just really taking it to heart this time. Peace and blessings to all in this new year!
Posted by Anne Lamansky on Saturday, Jan 2, 2010 11:52 AM (EDT):
The health theme really resonates with me! I’ll tweak the healthy body goal a tad (to “regular exercise” and then include other things like enough sleep, lots of water, daily supplements, healthy diet…that I know are so good for me), but the others are great fits…Thanks, Diana, for sharing!
Posted by Margaret on Sunday, Jan 3, 2010 6:17 PM (EDT):
“Mary.” In my prayers I think I am being called to surrender more to letting my Blessed Mother form me. ( I *hope* this does not mean saying the Rosary, which is always a battle for me, and I get crabby!) But I believe she can form me in STRENGTH and GENTLENESS, and teach me how to be a real woman, and a loving wife and mother. Letting her guide me will cover just about everything I need to improve.
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