2009 Words
I must tell you that I was so moved as I read through all the comments from the last few days regarding your words and the reasons for choosing them. They are so very powerful.
Abide
Able
Abundance
Accept
Acceptance
Accomplish
Accountability
Achieve
Acquit
Act
Action
Actualize
Adapt
Adjust
Adore
Adventure
Affectionate
Affirmative
Alive
Allow
Appreciate
Aspire
Attack
Attitude
Authentic
Authenticity
Aware
Awareness
Baby
Balance
Basic
Be
Beautiful
Become
Begin
Beginnings
Belief
Believe
Belong
Beloved
Best
Better
Blessed
Bliss
Blossom
Bottom
Bounce
Boundaries
Brave
Breathe
Brevity
Brighten
Calm
Can
Capture
Care
Carpe Diem
Celebrate
Centered
Challenge
Change
Charity
Cheerfulness
Cherish
Chill
Choice
Choices
Choose
Clarity
Clean
Clear
Commit
Commitment
Communicate
Compassion
Complete
Confidence
Connect
Conquer
Conscious
Consistency
Content
Continue
Control
Courage
Cozy
Create
Cultivate
Cure
Dance
Dare
Dash (It's All About The Dash)
Decide
Declutter
Dedicated
Deeper
Define
Deliberate
Delight
Determination
Determined
Devote
Devotion
Dignity
Diligence
Discipline
Disciplined
Discover
Disentangle
Divine
Do
Document
Dolce
Don't
Downsize
Dream
Dynamic
Edit
Effort
Elevate
Embark
Embrace
Emerge
Empower
Endeavor
Endless
Endurance
Energy
Enjoy
Enlighten
Enough
Enrich
Enrichment
Enthusiasm
Evolve
Example
Excellence
Execute
Explore
Express
Facilitate
Faith
Family
Fearless
Feel
Fierce
Find
Finish
Fit
Fitness
Flexibility
Flourish
Flow
Fly
Focus
Focused
Follow-Through
Footprints
Forgive
Forward
Freedom
Fresh
Frugal
Fruitful
FUN ("feeling undeniably new")
Gentle
Gentleness
Give
Glow
Go
Goal
Good Enough
Goodness
Grace
Grateful
Gratitude
Green
Grow
Growth
Half-Full
Happiness
Happy
Harmony
Heal
Healing
Health
Heart
Hold onto Love
Home
Honesty
Honor
Hope
Humility
I
Iâm Okay
Idle
Illuminate
Imagine
Imminence
Independence
Initiate
Inner-Strength
Innovate
Inspire
Integrity
Intend
Intention
Intentional
Invest
Involve
Inwardness
Journey
Joy
Jump
Kindness
Laugh
Learn
Less
Let
Let Go
Life
Light
Lightness
Listen
Live
Love
Loving
Lucky
Marathon
Margin
Material
Matter
Maturity
Me
Memory
Mercy
Metamorphosis
Mettle
Mindful
Miracle
Moderation
Moments
Momentum
More
Motion
Motivate
Motivation
Move
Mute
Nascent
Nature
New
No New, Make Do
Non-Reactivity
Notice
Now
Nourish
Nurture
Observe
Open
Opportunity
Optimistic
Optimism
Order
Organize
Organized
Others
Overcome
Pace
Passion
Patience
Pause
Peace
Permission
Perseverance
Persevere
Perspective
Plan
Play
Positive
Positivity
Possibility
Potential
Pray
Prayer
Precious
Prepare
Presence
Present
Preserve
Prevail
Print
Prioritize
Progress
Promise
Prosperity
Pumped
Pure
Purge
Purpose
Purposeful
Pursue
Push
Quiet
Reach
Read
Ready
Realize
Reconnect
Rediscover
Reduce
Refine
Reflect
Regenerate
Reinvent
Rejoice
Relationships
Relax
Release
Relinquish
Remain
Remember
Renaissance
Renew
Resilience
Resolve
Resourceful
Respect
Restore
Results
Revitalize
Revive
Rhythm
Rise
Roll
Run
Sanctuary
Save
Savor
Search
Seasons
Seek
Seize
Self
Self-Assured
Self-Discipline
Sensitive
Serendipity
Serene
Serenity
Seriously
Serve
Shalom
Share
Shift
Shine
Simple
Simplicity
Simplify
Smart
Smile
Soft
Sparkle
Start
Stay
Steadfast
Step
Still
Stillness
Stop
Strength
Strive
Structure
Success
Support
Surprise
Surrender
Surround
Survive
Sustain
Sweeten
Tackle
Ten
Tenacity
Tenderness
Thankful
This is my year.
Threshold
Thrive
Time
Today
Together
Tolerance
Trailblaze
Tranquility
Transformation
Treasure
True
Trust
Truthful
Try
Turn
Uncomplicated
Understanding
Unfold
Unite
Unload
Unplug
Unwritten
Valor
Value
Vibrant
Vision
Vitality
Voice
Wait
Walk
Warmth
Warrior
Welcome
Wellness
Wonder
Worship
Why
Wisdom
Worth
Yes
Zeal
If you don't see your word in the above list just leave a comment and I will add it. Peace to each and every one of you in 2009.
Saw the word Attitude on your list of words and it immediately made me smile. Think I need more attitude so I am going with this one. Thanks for the inspiration!
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...what a great list!!!
My word for 2009 is BASIC...
I wish you a wonderful 2009!!!
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I chose two words for 2009: quiet and strength. I spent half of 2008 dealing with breast cancer and its effects on my body and mind. I found myself easily angered, panicked even, and totally fatigued. So this year I would to re-build the quietness of my life and the vigor of my body.
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I was looking over the list yesterday and did not see my word. However, I took another peek today and there is was. I read through the comments and noticed a lady named Judi had the same idea I did. My word for 2009 is dash. Judi's comment: 'My word is more of a phrase. "Its all about the Dash" The Dash is the time between being Born and Death. I am trying to make my Dash count.' These are my feelings as well. There are so many 'things' in life that really don't matter. What does matter is how to live and love. I need to slow down and consider what is real and true, think more about others, smile more, change things that need to be changed, be more patient and less quick to be angered by something or someone. I want to love the people in my life like I've never loved them before. We never know how much time we have left and I want to make the most of it. I want God to look at what I have done with my dash and as the poem says, say "Well done".
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Hi Ali! Thanks for putting this list together. I'm coming in on this a little late this year, but my word for 2009 is Honesty.
At first I was questioning my word, but after picking up vol. 1 of Susan Sontag's biography and reading it in the very first passage, I knew it was the word for me. She writes this; I believe: (b) That the most desirable thing in the world is freedom to be true to oneself, i.e., Honesty
Possibly you could add Honesty to your list.
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My word is 'express' to show how I feel through projects, writing and speaking.
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My word would have to be DISCIPLINED. I want to get off my fanny, away from this computer, scrap more, be active and get exercise, make better choices about what I eat, get organized, and be resourceful with what I have, pay more attention to my budget and all these things require me to discipline myself.
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Hi Ali....I wanted to leave you a quick note to tell you about something that may be of interest to you. Brenda Arnall had a wonderful idea of a way to be more mindful of our blessings in life...big & small. This evolved into a community of people who have all decided to join her in this 52 blessings journey. The link to the gratitue project web site that was created is on my blog (Jan 3rds post). I thought this might be something you might interested in.
p.s. - my word this year is "change". As always..thanks for being a continuing source of inspiration for so many of us & congrats on the new addition soon to join your family.
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Motion is my word for 2009- and I'm so thrilled to have this list- it inspires and motivates me- to move- I'm also sharing this list with a lot of great women today who will hopefully add more! peace, nurture, and love to you and your sweet family, Ali.
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I did not see my word on the list, it is GOAL.
I have a number of them for the upcoming year:
new job
to get organized
pay off my debts
pass a upcoming certification test
etc........
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My word is smart...
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Hey Ali :)
I love this post. Yes my word is there. Simplify! Thanks for adding it. LOL this must have taken you sometime to do. Thanks friend and happy new year!
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Updated to here :).
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My word is Freedom which allows both freedom from some things and freedom to do others.
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"Trailblaze"
My choices don't have to fit any box. I can (and hope to better)listen to within and make a path that is right for me.
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Wow, mostly a lurker, and haven't decided on my work yet, but "ready" from Libby really hit the nail on the head for me.
I am ready to take charge, tackle things that I have been putting off, and take the good with the bad because I am ready to make choices for ME!
Phew, that feels good!
Thanks Ali, so cool to see how many people you have inspired with just one little word!
xo, Jenny in Cali
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REFINE. I can't imagine how you could have missed any (ha, ha).
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Ali,
Thank you so much for continuing this tradition each year. It means so much, not only to me, but to so many others as well. Last year was BELIEVE. I have it in bold letters above my desk. I made a little graphic that I stuck everywhere. I am going to do the same this year. I have already done the graphic and have it everywhere. Just a small jolt in wherever I find myself - in the house, in the car, in my purse. This year is COURAGE and I have already been jolted several times. Again, I thank you and your celebrity and sharing it with us for changing so many lives in this small way. I remember reading that you did not start it, but it certainly feels that way to me and many others. I hope your find NURTURE to be a jolting word for you and yours this year! Happy 2009!
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This is my first year doing this. I've chosen "adventure."
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I am so excited for this year. It is my first time to focus on One Little Word. My word is Inspire.
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Thanks Ali! What a wonderful thing this is and I truly feel super inspired by it. Thanks for putting on the words together! Peace to you and yours!
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I read your word posts some days ago and thought it to late to post anything - so I didn't even bother thinking of a word. But suddenly out of the blue a word came to me and I knew it will be my word for 2009. Unfold. I have so many projects stored in my head and the list seems to pile up every january - seldom diminishing as I never seem to get things done - so this year I will unfold my projects - I am going to write a list - a detailed list and commit to finishing a certain number of them in 2009. Thank you Ali for jogging on my unconscious!
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Ali,
I did post my words, but I thought of a great word to add to your list: GREEN! I spent much of '08 working on being more green, and '09 will be no different!
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Hi,
Your inbox overflows...and thus it's easy to miss words. Mine, WORSHIP, was left out, too. Reading the list was still a great exercise :)
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what a great list! May you have a wonderful year! :)
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