harmony

Despite my little blog tagline, "Creating balance by creatively living lightly on less. At home.," I have found balance to be a bit elusive lately. I am having difficulty balancing all. the. things. Actually, that isn't as true as saying that I feel as though I am failing to meet the needs of everyone, perhaps myself as much as anyone, without guilt that I am taking away from someone else. I have experienced a tremendous amount of anxiety and overwhelm this year and have been feeling as though I am not enough for those around me. I suppose it is partially about setting limits lovingly.

So, although I considered other words, such as enchantment, connection, presence, self-care, and others, for my word for 2017, I wanted my word to center around the idea of balance (although I didn't want to use the word balance, itself).

My word for 2017 is Harmony.

My thought is that this one word can help me focus on finding balance while considering all those other important things; connection, self-care, simplicity. I want to feel harmony within myself and around me.

This is my 8th year choosing a word. My previous words for each year were as follows, and each has given me one anchor to pause and meditate on when I need just one thing.

2010 ~ Calm
2011 ~ Nourish
2012 ~ Hope
2013 ~ Renewal
2014 ~ Treasure
2015 ~ Joy
2016 ~ Laughter/Humor (Although really, it was a word that was an inside family joke.)
and
2017 ~ Harmony

Just as our holiday card said (and if you receive them, you will notice they are signed in a similar way each year), I hope 2016 has brought you much laughter and you, too, will find harmony in 2017.