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Cultivate an attitude of persistence that will allow you to become stronger ~ Dawn C Crouch
Word of The Year: 2025
CULTIVATE
Blog Theme: On Purpose
to develop or improve by education or training; train; refine:
Setting goals and intentions for 2025...
There are so many things I want to do in a year, things that bring change, provide purpose while also providing fulfillment. This is my why in creating...

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”
~Mark 10:27 
The Year of Focus: Week 52
Word of the Week: Jesus
Also called Jesus Christ, the source of the Christian religion.
I don't often write about Jesus, I struggled with my definition of religious following after so much loss. But I have grown to understand that these...

Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting ~Joyce Meyer
The Year of Focus: Week 51
 Word of The Week: Wait
to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens 
Remember as a child being told to wait, how time seemed to move so slowly. Or when we must wait in traffic, or a line to get in somewhere, or get out. It becomes...

In the arms of family, we find strength
The Year of Focus: Week 50
Word of The Week: Family
 any group of people closely related by blood or marriage, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins
Family is a place of connection. It is where we can be ourselves and while still being challenged for our beliefs. A place we can always come home to and one of your biggest groups of fans. Family...

Memory is the diary we all carry about with us ~Oscar Wilde
The Year of Focus: Week 49
Word of The Week: With
in some particular relation to (especially implying interaction, company, association, conjunction, or connection)
Every year in December, especially on December 7th we scatter joy with acts of kindness in memory of Ryan’s birthday. Often our acts are anonymous, as we quietly slip...

Obedience is the fruit of faith; patience, the bloom on the fruit ~Rossetti
Year of Focus: Week 48 
Word of The Week: Obedience
the act or practice of obeying; dutiful or submissive compliance:
As children we learn about obedience early on, or more often the punishment or consequence of disobedience, and often rebel at the word. However, those early life lessons teach us the value of obedience,...

 Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful ~John Maeda
Year Of Focus: Week 47
Word Of The Week: Simplicity
freedom from complexity, intricacy, or division into parts:
an organism of great simplicity
They say, everything in moderation, since too much of anything is not good. When our life is cluttered, so is our mind. Every commitment requires time and energy and...

 
 "Words are free. It's how you use them that may cost you." -KushandWizdom 
Year Of Focus: Week 46
Word Of The Week: Words
the text or lyrics of a song, as opposed to the music
Words are a constant part of our lives, whether we are in a conversation with others, writing or reading, words are our way of communication. How much of what we hear can transform our thoughts, or can change our minds?...

“Surrender is like a fish finding the current and going with it.” ~ Mark Nepo
Year Of Focus: Week 45
Word Of The Week:  Surrender
to give (oneself ) up to some influence, course, emotion, etc 
Often the thought of surrender means to give up, to take the loss, to surrender the match. But I am learning that surrender is another reminder of our need to control, what we think we have control...

Intentional days create a life on purpose
Year Of Focus: Week 44
Word Of The Week:  Intentionality
an attitude of purposefulness, with a commitment to deliberate action:
I have always been a planner.  With the best of intentions, I set my goals and plan my days. But often when uncovering the balance for work, play and everything in-between, my goals fall away. Soon, I return to the comfort...