One Little Word 2012 | The Reading Of The Words

Thank you so much for sharing! Her tone of voice is just perfect for that long list of inspiration. I really enjoyed it.

What a powerful list. Thank you, Liz, for giving them life in your voice. Thank you, Ali, for gathering them together. Great way to start the day!

This post today from Father Richard Rohr seemed like it was written for you because of its amazing use of the word "up" :

RESOLVE TO SEEK WHOLENESS

Unless you let the truth of life teach you on its own terms, unless you develop some concrete practices for recognizing and overcoming your dualistic mind, you will remain in the first half of life forever—as most humanity has up to now. In the first half of life, you cannot work with the imperfect, nor can you accept the magic sense of life, which finally means that you cannot love anything or anyone at any depth. Nothing is going to change in history as long as most people are merely dualistic, either-or thinkers. Such splitting and denying leaves us at the level of mere information.

Whole people see and create wholeness wherever they go; split people see and create splits in everything and everybody. We are meant to see in wholes and no longer just in parts. Yet we get to the whole by falling down into the messy parts—so many times, in fact, that we long and thirst for the wholeness and fullness of all things, including ourselves. I promise you this unified field is the only and lasting meaning of up.

Adapted from Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life,
pp. 150-151

i was too impatient to listen to the whole list last year -- but this year, i listened. and learned. thank you for doing this again!

"Venture" didn't make the list....that is my word this year. Venture beyond what is comfortable...take some risks.

Thank you!

I love Liz's voice. So peaceful!

i love it ali ;) thank you for sharing!!

I really like how you can hear the laughter/joy in her voice when she reads "bathroom".

My word believe is already on the list and just 4 days into the new year it has already come through for me with the most interesting phone call yesterday.

Thanks for the this reading! I enjoyed it.

For the past couple of years I've read blogs of people who have chosen one little word. I really liked the concept but couldn't see myself doing it. But lately, I find myself focusing on certain words to get me through. I tried choosing one word but wasn't able to choose just one. 2012 is a year where I need two words: hope and joy. I wrote about them here: http://ajigreer.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-have-two-words-for-you.html

Loved listening to the list. Thanks!

Hey Ali--was wondering if your readers are able to go back & see some of your original blog posts from when you first started? If so, how? Thanks!

One Little Word..Thank you Ali for your guidance, inspiration, motivation. This concept gives me guidance.

Hi Ali, I was thinking about your word 'up' and thought of 'Ali up' as a play on words for the basketball term 'alley oop'. It says to me to look up And jump. Just in case you find yourself down. Maybe it will lift you. Cheers, Brenda

What an absolutely perfect word choice. Never even thought of it but fitting it could be for so many people--"UP." Great idea.

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This was really neat, Ali. Thanks for posting this.
Also, my daughter and I were watching Uptown Girls and at the end they said something that really resonated with me:
"Every story has an ending. But in life, every ending is just a new beginning".

By Word for this Year is Hope

I enjoyed this and couldn't wait to hear my word :) Thank you!

Ali, I thought you might enjoy this post about what she does with her OLW.

http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/12/one-little-word-by-bethany.html