One of my best friends and I started a tradition a few years ago for New Year's: instead of resolutions, we would come up with a word to define our year. It's very satisfying to find a word that fits your outlook for the year, and it feels lighter to not have resolutions or massive plans weighing on the spirit.
2018 was quite the year for many of us. It was a year of pain and happiness, of joy and heartbreak. There was travel, events, celebrations, and adventures. There was terror, panic and worry. Underneath it all, my word for that year (flourish) kept me going. I ended the year surrounded by love, Evan on the way to recovery, and a stronger sense of self than I have ever had.
So, without any delay, here is my word for 2019: (drum roll, please) Unfold. Yes, unfold. I have spent the past week preoccupied with what I want to manifest and create in 2019 and was drawing a blank. These past few years have been satisfyingly sweet with what I have manifested, and this year was no different. I am definitely confident in my power to manifest, but the thing is, I have to figure out what exactly I want to appear. In the past, it's been easy. Usually something creative, some sort of inner work, love, relationships, more learning. Next year? A complete blank. I want to do so much and at the same time, so little.
Then, after some daily meditation, it struck me. Actually, it struck me after the clock struck midnight, and the new year began. Why not let things unfold? It's perfectly fine to have goals and plans, and it's perfectly fine not to. It may be new territory, but at the same time, my deities and Universe "team" have never let me down. Yet.
So, I stepped into the new year, full of unknowing. And it feels strangely wonderful. I do have some vague plans, but some things have changed and shifted in a way that I know I am on a new adventure. A la Bilbo Baggins, I am going into the Great Unknown. There are a few constants that will keep me on track as the year unfolds (see what I did there?) Evan's health, meditation, writing, hopefully more yoga, community, ritual, love and hopefully a bit of travel. I got a Moon Signs date book so that I can follow La Luna ever more closely, and align myself with her power. I know she helped me last year, and I want that to continue.
So, for you, I offer this wee challenge: what's your word? What word resonates with you? What will you bring into 2019? I can't wait to see all of our words in action.
