Enrich:
enhance, improve, better, add to, augment; supplement, complement; boost, elevate, raise, lift, refine, endow.
- to supply with abundance of anything desirable: to enrich the mind with knowledge.
- to add greater value or significance to.
- to make finer in quality, as by supplying desirable elements or ingredients: to enrich soil.
In January Rach sent me an email that her sister Eli (thanks Eli) had come across, referring to the following idea and website of selecting ‘one little word’ for the year (http://aliedwards.typepad.com/_a_/2009/12/one-little-word-2010.html).
The website is no longer 'live' as it was for several years, but you can still view it. I agree that it's a great idea, and I'm taking it on. Here's how it was created:
One little word – Ali Edwards
A single word can be a powerful thing. It can be the ripple in the pond that changes everything. It can be sharp and biting or rich and soft and slow.
Today I want to introduce you to the idea that a single word can be a catalyst for enriching your life.
Last year I began a tradition of choosing one word for myself each January - a word that I can focus on, mediate on, and reflect upon as I go about my daily life.
Can you identify a single word that sums up what you want for yourself this year?
It can be something tangible or intangible. It could be a thought or a feeling or an emotion. It can be singular or plural. The key is to find something that has personal meaning for you. This is not your mother's word or your spouse's word or your child's word - this is YOUR word.
One little word can have big meaning in your life if you allow yourself to be open to the possibilities. And here's one thing that is totally interesting: sometimes a word will pop into your brain and it will not make any sense to you right now. Give it some time. Let it percolate a bit. I have often found that our hearts speak to us in very unique ways. Maybe this is a word you need to hear but just aren't ready for it yet. Again, be open to the possibilities.
Weekly challenge:
This week your challenge is to create something, anything, that celebrates your chosen word. Maybe a layout. Maybe a blog posting or a journal entry or a simple post-it note that you put somewhere you can see it each day. Make sure to journal about why you chose your word and what it means for you - the more you let yourself explore the more benefit you will receive in the end.
January – Rach sent me this email on Sunday 10th January. We'd just got married, we were on our ‘family’ honeymoon and I was preparing to leave NZ for a year on this overseas adventure, so I stored the idea away in the back of my mind to ferment.
February – I had time to mull over what word I would choose for the year. Some favourites were: peace (harmony, calm, quiet, tranquility), experience, compile, celebrate, less (is more), embrace, still (mind, body, soul), prepare, completion. I even tried a few words on, during my mulling and got some things done.
One accomplishment was organizing all my electronic data that I had dumped on one storage drive from four different computers in the big pre adventure pack up – what a mess! It’s now all on the macbook, significantly less immense, AND the whole mac book is now ‘time machine’ backed up on that same storage drive.
I also travelled through Costa Rica, read three books, surfed in my dream spot, zip lined through a ‘Cloud Forest’ and worked in a Costa Rican school in the mountains for a month.
March – After a lot of mulling and word research I’ve made my choice. Enrich – what a wonderful word! It’s a great fit for my year of exploration. I’m out to enrich my Past, Present and Future. So far this month I’ve enriched my surfing ability, my level of communication with Snowdon, my knowledge of Women's Health (ref Reading Log - Women’s Bodies and Women’s Wisdom), my ability to relax, and I've enriched my experience - I now know what it’s like to live in a beach town in Costa Rica.
'Enrich' for me for 2010 - I have a few ideas about the areas I’m out to enrich this year – I’ll keep you posted.... Want to play the game? What are you going to pick?
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