Happy New Year (And Word of the Year!)

Achoo! Sorry... there was so much dust on this blog that dusting it off made my allergies act up. Well, it's certainly been awhile! First, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Instead of making a New Year's Resolution this year, I am going to have a "word of the year". This word is going to carry me through all of 2014. The word that I have chosen? Freedom.

Freedom to be comfortable with who I am.
Freedom to have my own opinions.
Freedom to not let any other person's opinion skew the way that I view myself.
Freedom to see everything with a new perspective.
Freedom to make new friends.
Freedom to see new places.
Freedom to rid myself of all the negative and keep only the positive.
Freedom to put on my rose-colored glasses and be happy.
Freedom to be me.

Freedom to be happy.

So this is my challenge to you, bloggy buddies: Make a word of the year. Choose a word that you can think of during hard times that will make you happy. Choose a word that means something to you. You might not share it with anyone, you might not write it down, you might just keep it in your mind for a rainy day; it doesn't matter. What matters is that you are inspired by your word, that you know that you have chosen one that means something. Chosen one that will keep you moving and lift you higher than you have ever been when you are lower than you have ever been. And you know what? You can pick another one. Whhhaaattttt? Isn't that, like, breaking some sort of rule? Sure, maybe it is. But I am going to break a rule this one time. I'm going to choose a second word, and that word is hope. I think that one is self-explanatory.