When thinking up my word for the year and my phrase of the year I really had to look at where and what I want to be. First, there are moments of deja vu and I think "I am exactly where I am supposed to be right now" which means that everything is as it should be. I believe that everything happens for a reason - good and bad. We make a choice on how we react to those situations - positively or negatively. I choose to make lemonade out of my lemons. This is how I came to my decision for the Phrase and Word
2011 Word of the Year: Patience
If anyone can attest to my patience, or lack therof, it's my husband. He likes to tell me often how I do not have a lot of patience. The place in which my patience is severly lacking is in the car. Seriously, there are some morons out there driving in their cars. Most of them happen to be on their phones chatting or texting. This has become a HUGE pet peeve of mine. Since having a baby I have realized how much patience I lacked and how much I have gained. That seems funny but seriously when Nori is angry and crying up a storm, I ahve really learned to breathe deep.
I will hopefully breathe deep when working out 3x a week and not seeing the results I want and try to remember that everyone is different and those skinny b@#!$#^ out there just have good genes.
I will try not to just get through the day or rush through something because before I realize Nori will be walking and telling me off for grounding him. I intend to enjoy more of the moments and take pictures of them in my mind to recall at times of impatience.
I will take time to myself to read and meditate in whatever way is comfortable to me. I do not intend to sit in a position and say "ohm" but I intend to be still at times other than sleeping.
2011 Phrase of the Year: I choose to be...
My phrase of the year is really something I tend to live by. When I was in my 20s I remember someone saying nobody can make you angry, you choose to be angry. There are a number of situations in my life in which I could have chosen to be angry. Anger has a way of controlling you in the same way that happiness does but often times when we are happy we don't realize it.
I choose to be happy.
I choose to angry.
I choose to be sad.
I choose to make the best out of every bad situation I am in.
I choose to let my husband win at video games - it's good for his ego.
I choose to laugh.
I choose to be present in my life.
I choose to stop and smell the roses.
