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Saturday, January 4, 2014

2014 :: integrity

I've not done this before...
but as 2014 spreads out wide and fresh before me,
I've chosen one word to explore for a year.

integrity

It partners nicely with my 2014 query over on the sidebar.
How well do I bring my inner life and outer life into wholeness?

According to Wikipedia, INTEGRITY is a concept of
consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, 
principles, expectations and outcomes.

wholeness

Thank goodness Lindsey gifted me with 
some homemade fuel for this epic journey.

(And I must credit the melodramatic 7 Days horoscope 
and Hannah's encouragement
to include consistent in the equation).

How about you, friends?
Are any of you embracing a word for 2014?
I know Uma is...

8 comments:

  1. Welcome to OLW 2014! This will be my second year! I will be blogging about my word during the year as well. Look forward reading about your journey. Here is my blog: http://jaanaswritingblog.blogspot.com/

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  2. The Dutch word I embrace for 2014 is VERTROUWEN.
    Its English equivalents are TRUST, CONFIDENCE, FAITH.

    Beautiful, your query for 2014!

    Sending love and blessings from The Netherlands,

    Jeanneke.


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    1. I send you a link to my blog post about VERTROUWEN. It is in Dutch; hope that's not much of a problem.
      http://dezondagssteek-jeanneke.blogspot.com/2013/12/vertrouwen.html

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  3. My word for 2014 is HOPE. And i think it goes together with Jeannekes word TRUST

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  4. My word is appreciate. While I was intellectualizing about which word I would like, appreciate kept popping her head up into my thoughts. What is the difference between appreciate and the more gracious word, gratitude? I define appreciate as gratitude with an exclamation point. Here goes......

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  5. Integrity is such a wonderful, strong word Karen.
    Best wishes for this bright New Year!

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  6. A wonderful word to live by! My word for the year is "release" and it applies to so many areas of my life. Just getting a blog post together about it!

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  7. Karen, I've found integrity within every one of your thoughtful, artistic, sensitive posts since I first met you. Choosing it as your polestar word for 2014 surprised me, got me to thinking.
    Maybe this is an answer to my question about the magi...

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