In 2019 my perfect word was fun and in 2018 I chose health. My perfect word for 2020 was vision. It seems so obvious (and ironic) thinking about it now, but I'd been to a vision workshop on New Year's Day, 2020 and was inspired. On January 1, 2020, I had a vision of the year ahead. I had trips planned, theater tickets purchased -- including seeing Hugh Jackman in The Music man in September -- and thoughts about how I'd like to celebrate my milestone 70th birthday.
I planned to choose hope as my word for 2021, but in retrospect it really was my word for 2020. Vision went by the wayside in mid-March 2020 when I quickly realized I had no vision of what the days, months, year would look like. The one thing I learned is that 2020 would in no way resemble the year I had envisioned. I've read a fair number of Dystopian novels, but none had sketched a time that would give me insight into my experiences this year past.
What I did have in 2020, though there were times it ebbed and waned, was hope. I had hope that I would get through the long dark spring and hope that life would improve. I had hope that one day in 2020 I would once again be baking in my kitchen and hope that there would be a vaccine. And blessedly, my hope has been answered.
The great thing about picking a perfect word is that it's my perfect word, and I get to revise it. I've never done a perfect word revision before, but we've never had a year like 2020 before. On the first day of 2021, I'm revising my perfect word for 2020 and tomorrow, I will be posting my perfect word for 2021. It will be a day later than usual, but with insights that took almost a year to cultivate.
I hope the first day of 2021 was a good one for you. My New Year's Eve was a quiet one, with phone calls and watching one of my favorite movies (for the zillionth time), "That's Entertainment." Today included Friday night services, a long walk and lots of cooking, all of which I am very appreciative.
As ever, thanks for visiting and happy 2021.
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We need to have hope and never give up.With out hope we would be hopeless people and that would never do. We are all hopeful for a better 2021. We learned a lot in 2020 so now we need to take the lessons with us into the New Year. I like your word, No none of us knows what the future will bring our way but I live in anticipation of better days ahead.
What a great sculpture! Yes, I have so much more hope this year than last.
Of course it is the PERFECT word! I love this huge HOPE sign!!
I think HOPE is a perfect word for this year...something we all need in our lives. My word is KINDNESS and I hope to spread a little bit wherever I go...xo Diana
Hope is my word of the year, too. I wonder how many others will choose it? I realized I had written it so much that it clearly was takling to me. Love the gian installation! Happy New Year!
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