with the start of the new year, lots of people in my circles pick a word to carry them through the next 12 months. the word encompasses everything you envision for yourself for the year----maybe something that you strive for or want more of in your life. one "assignment" in the apothecary class i'm taking was to think of our word for the year. for some reason, i was pretty resistant to it initially, mainly because i usually shy away from any self-examination stuff. for a hippie girl, i consider myself straightforward and do a minimal amount of self reflection. something in the back of my mind kept nagging at me though, and i kept coming back to the word "fertile".
i see 2013 as a year of fertility----in my relationships with my children, with my friends, with my family. fertile listening. fertility in the way that i am able to plug into people in my life. fertility when it comes to my work with my clients and my own self nourishment.
also, a fertile body. while i am done having children of my own, i am going to be embarking on the journey of having a child for a wonderful couple. lots of my thoughts lately are centered around preparing myself mentally for being as healthy and fertile as possible, to receive this beautiful gift that is going to be brought into the world. i am open and ready to begin the process! it feels scary and tender to write about this here, which is part of the reason why i have been so quiet lately. but i am putting it out there into the universe----this is going to be an incredible, fertile year.
the thing is, this word is already so much a part of my daily life. and for that i am so lucky, and grateful. thanks for coming along on the journey.
