All Is Grace

i did it. i figured it out.

well, i should probably say, “i read it someplace and stole it.” that would be more true.

because apparently everyone else was blogging about not having new years resolutions yesterday too.

go figure.

i’ve read a bunch of them now. (they’re generally all better than mine. grammatically, technically…and that’s total truth. you should go read theirs. 😉 ) a whole bunch of people are choosing one word. over at (in)courage, it’s like a trend. i mean, i’ve been reading facebook posts about it for years…even visited the official website for it once and thought hard about my word. might have picked one, even.

i think i forgot about it. super effective. (hehe…i think it was “intentional.” nice.)

regardless of how i figured it out, i made a decision about my goal for this year. first, that i am anti-goal. anti-resolution. and i’m not picking one word.

i’m picking four. i think they work pretty well together, actually. just the way i like it.

this year, I will “stealthily launch my compassion, empathy, and love.”

i will become a love ninja.

and i will give grace.

to myself. and to my kids. and my husband. and the people i love. and the people i don’t even know.

and the thing is, i’m not going to sit here and tell you, “this is my year,” or “this is the year i change my life,” or anything like that. realistically, isn’t every year we live our year? this will just be another year. a year to end up a better person than the person who started it. i will give grace. i will be a love ninja.

shouldn’t be too hard to remember. one of them is the name of my blog. the other is my instagram username. you’d think i planned it that way.

nope.

maybe they’re just who i am and should have figured it out long before this year.

i’m ok with that. i’ve got many more years to go.