I’ve signed up for Reverb10. A 31-day exercise that challenges you to think about your 2010 and the upcoming 2011 and what reverberations you want to put out into the world. Each day there’s a prompt. Here are a few of my thoughts.
December 1 – One Word. Encapsulate the year 2010 in one word. Explain why you’re choosing that word. Now, imagine it’s one year from today, what would you like the word to be that captures 2011 for you?
At the end of 2009, I had chosen Integration and Joy as the words with which I would enter 2010. As I reflect over the past year… celebrating the new year on Kaua’i. Getting the hang of surfing. Launching a new career and practice. Returning to Boulder and meeting friends I’d only known online finally in person. Building a new home (aka van) with my husband. Beginning a life-long dream of travel around the country. Speaking in front of 1300 people for my very first public speaking event. Helping my mom recover from a hip fracture and the major surgery that followed.
It’s been a busy year. Integration happened as I moved towards myself a little more. As I opened myself up and found a community; reconnected deeper with family; settled into marriage and creating a new, baby family of my own. Integration is not always elegant or graceful, but I believe necessary to growth. And looking back, I’m still finding my path, uncovering new facets of life. Yet I’m okay with the messiness and uncertainty that I’ve experienced. I’ve grown, learned and yes, integrated, more of my deepest self into who I am today.
And along with this integration, there has been joy. But not the robust, loud, emboldened joy I imagined at the beginning of 2010. But a quiet, deep joy for the direction I’ve taken in my life. For the choices I’ve made and the people I’m with.
So what’s my word for 2011? I’m still pondering that one, so you’ll have to wait. What do I want to put out into the world that will reverberate throughout the year? Hmmm…
