{"id":5280,"date":"2022-01-01T23:33:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T23:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?p=5280"},"modified":"2022-01-01T23:33:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T23:33:25","slug":"my-one-word-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/01\/my-one-word-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"My One Word for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>But first, some thoughts about my word for 2021. If you&#8217;re wondering what all this is about <a href=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2015\/12\/29\/a-one-word-resolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here&#8217;s a post I wrote about it in 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been choosing a word, instead of a resolution, for several years running. I was first challenged to do this by my writer friend Cara Putman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/01\/welcome-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\">So my word for 2021 was <strong>believe<\/strong><\/a>. As usual, I learned a few things from focusing on this word. It has helped my confidence in an industry where rejection is the norm. And when I attended Christmas Eve service this year, God offered me a summary. The theme of the service was &#8220;I believe.&#8221; Truly nothing counts for much without belief in God, and Christmas reminds us of the story that God came to us, God with us, Emmanuel. If you&#8217;d like to see why I was so blessed by that service, check out this song by clicking below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"December 24th, 2021 - 4:00pm Christmas Eve Service\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RYQRcYgqkFo?start=3562&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a tough time picking a new word. Tough to top that one, huh? I thought of a lot of good words, but they just didn&#8217;t feel right. And then just the other day I realized what my word was supposed to be. I&#8217;ve used nouns and verbs before, words like peace, kindness, focus, listen, create&#8230; so that might be why I was so long in realizing this year&#8217;s word. Here it is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-ONE-WORD-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5281\" width=\"568\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-ONE-WORD-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-ONE-WORD-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-ONE-WORD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-ONE-WORD-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-ONE-WORD-850x850.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-ONE-WORD.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>God with us. I feel that I need to focus on the fact that if I do things WITH God, instead of trying to fly solo, things will work out much better. It&#8217;s not that I expect success around every corner, but instead of my word being about things I do or don&#8217;t do, this word is about being, about connecting, about realizing that God&#8217;s spirit lives WITHin me and many things are better &#8220;with&#8221; something else, like peanut butter and jelly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m reading a book too: <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3pJNmrU\" target=\"_blank\">The Story of With<\/a><\/em><\/strong> <em>A Better Way to Live, Love, &amp; Create<\/em> by Allen Arnold. I&#8217;ve been wanting to read it for awhile and this seems like a good time! (<em>Amazon affiliate link used. If you purchase through the link, I&#8217;ll get a small compensation.<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like the Message version here from Psalm 16: 7-8: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The wise counsel\u00a0God\u00a0gives when I\u2019m awake is confirmed by my sleeping heart. Day and night I\u2019ll stick\u00a0with\u00a0God; I\u2019ve got a good thing going and I\u2019m not letting go.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m sticking with this year. How about you? If you chose a word, please share in the comments. We&#8217;ll encourage each other!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But first, some thoughts about my word for 2021. If you&#8217;re wondering what all this is about here&#8217;s a post I wrote about it in 2015. I&#8217;ve been choosing a word, instead of a resolution, for several years running. I was first challenged to do this by my writer friend Cara Putman. 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