Dandelionlady
Instead of a resolution, this year I’m choosing a word to inspire and help focus me for the next year. I got the idea from Leah over at Creative Every Day, who has chosen the word Flow. I love the idea of going deep into a word, really embracing a concept and exploring it fully. It always amazes me how much inspiration and guidance you can find in small things. A word, a rock, a moment watching the wind and the snow dance. These are the kind of things that catch and hold me the most.
So once I decided I wanted a word, I had to go searching for it, in crannies and nooks. What one word could sum up what I wanted for this year, what I need to grow and thrive? I thought of my dreams of swans flying upward and thought maybe my word was Fly? But when I thought that word I saw flies buzzing around a lamp and thought, “No, that’s not my word”.
So then I thought maybe Uprising might be my word. Uprising… up-rising… rising up like a swan. I would rise up above my insecurities and fears, my dark moods. But that seemed to assume that darkness was bad, something I wanted to get away from. I’ve always been of the opinion that without the dark there is no depth, no enfolding deeps, no refuge. So I though maybe Uplifting, or maybe Upwelling instead? That felt closer. My word was near now, hiding in the shadows, around a corner maybe, or under the desk where I never dust. I consulted thesaurus.com and found that another word for Uplifting was Cheer. That wasn’t right, but under Cheer’s definition there she was.
She vibrated in my mind, and I clicked the link to see what was hidden there.
| Definition: | encourage, provoke |
Synonyms: |
abet, activate, actuate, agitate, animate,arouse, coax, craze, drive, egg on, encourage,excite, exhort, fan the fire, foment, force,forward, further, get to, goad, impel, induce, inflame, influence, inspire, inspirit, instigate,juice*, key up, motivate, persuade, prick,promote, prompt, provoke, psych, push, put up to, raise, rouse, set, set off, solicit, spur,stimulate, stir up, talk into, taunt, trigger, urge, whip up, work up |
Yes! This is exactly what I wanted, I need to incite myself! I found you now you sneaky thing, under some old worn out yellowing words. Words like safety and intimidated.
I brushed away words like frightening and apathy and I’ve found you. This year Incite and I will be traveling together, packing our leather luggage with bits of paper and brightly colored silk. Who knows where we’ll end up. I’m sure however, that I’ll enjoy the ride.
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