BRAVE…

 

Autumn leaves

I have not made resolutions for a number of years… I feel like I am just setting myself up for a fall and lets face it, life can be complicated enough with out sabotaging yourself!  I do like a new year though, I have friends who say that it is just another year and nothing changes, but I suspect that has more to do with their attitudes  being unchanging rather than anything else.

down by the brook

 A new year is different, after all it’s how we mark significant events, birthdays and anniversary’s of various things, both positive and not so, and I know for sure that there have been some years that I have been really pleased to see the back of and some years that have been extrodinarily memorable for me.  

Last year I adopted a word, which kind of just happened and helped me through, not a resolution as such, more a spirit of attitude that I sensed was key to my journey through 2014.  That word was ‘Flow’ as in the ebb and flow of the tide.  In other words I just went with the flow.

 That flow has delivered me into this blustery grey January and already I am sensing from deep within my soul a new key word for my 2015.  I have had to  wrestle with this word as I am finding the thought of what it means a tad daunting.  I don’t just invent the word…if I did I would think of something like ‘wealthy’ or ‘creative’ or just plain ‘happy’.  If you know anything about me you will know about my faith in God, and as I have sought direction in my alone time with Him, this word is just filling my soul.

 The word is  ‘Brave’  

Be Bold – go all out for it  

         Rest in God – take time out to  

            Advance – Keep moving forward

                                  Victory will come

                         Enjoy even when it’s tough / Effort – put it in

A bit daunting, but exciting don’t you think… I feel a little intrepid mixed with a great dollop of hope… I feel like this year is going to be really challenging but that this challenge will prosper not only me, but my family as well!