In 2015, I began making my New Year resolutions, NON-resolutions. Instead, I chose to focus on a single word.  Just one word that would guide me through the year. It was a word that would be with me, a word I would try to embody, meditate on and try to live its meaning. That word carried me through the year, it sunk deep into my soul, and encouraged me to live more fully.

I can’t say this was my idea.  I was inspired by a woman named Ali Edwards and her tradition of choosing a word each year.