What is your Word for 2021?

What does having a word for the year mean?

Why should you have a word for the year?

The answer for both is quite simply, it will change your life drastically for the better when you embrace a word, practice being aware of your chosen word and live and or be the definition of the word. 

If you have not yet chosen a word or words for 2021, do not fret, it is never too late to start from where you are!

I have chosen a word for the year since 2018.  Since then I have discovered that it is better for me personally if I listen to the Universe and what word or words keep repeating themselves. Having a word for the year has led me to evolve quicker on my path of being the best version of me possible.  Because I let the Universe reveal the words to me, I was given what I needed and not what I wanted.  Which turns out is much  better.

In 2018 I choose Love and Forgiveness.  Yeah, I know it is common to have one word, however I am not common and let’s blame it on me being a Gemini.  I often choose 2 words.  Looking back,  I now know even then I did not choose those words.  A series of events lead up to me understanding unconditional love and forgiveness.  I spent the next year and a half really mastering both unconditional love for all and forgiveness.  I have without a doubt forgiven everyone that has ever hurt me and continues to hurt me. And I too have unconditional love for them, because as the saying goes the people that hurt people are really the most hurt people.  From 2017 to 2019 I dyed my hair pink on and off to help completely embrace my words.

In 2019 I chose Discipline and Self Mastery.  While I can honestly say I’ve been on this quest since I was 16 and felt determined this was the year since I was so awesome at mastering Love and Forgiveness.  I soon realized that the words that kept showing itself to me was Self Love and Self Forgiveness. Interesting!  Imagine that...Self Love and Self Forgiveness are a totally different species and subject matter than Unconditional Love and Forgiveness.  Quickly the words of the year for 2019 became Self Love, Self Care and Self Forgiveness.  Let me tell you, Self Forgiveness is hard, so much easier for me to forgive others.  For me Self Love and Self Care are deeply connected.  It is not as though I never not loved myself, but I was not taking care of myself. For the last 6 years I had basically neglected myself.  The hows and the whys are for another blog post.  It is 2021 and I haven’t totally checked off Self Love, Self Care and Self Forgiveness, but I am nearly there.  Consistent Self Care is my last real hurdle.

In 2020, I still wasn’t clear on the lesson that the Universe will tell me my word.  I chose Grace.  I didn’t have a complete understanding of the word, but I knew I wanted to embrace it and become it.  By the end of January the Universe spoke up and my word was Flow and soon that went into Surrender.  I needed to learn to go with the Flow and not “Make and Force things to happen” and then I needed to learn to Surrender to whatever is happening, and not control situations I really have no control over.  FLOW AND SURRENDER were amazing benefits in my life.  Had I ignored the words that were being shown to me via synchronicity, music, TV movies, TV commercials, people randomly saying them, magazine print and more.  Every single place I turned these words were there.  Towards the end of 2020 exercise, yoga and harmony were everywhere.  I did so well with Flow and Surrender, I guess I was given extra credit.  I feel I am living more in Harmony and am still working on Exercise and Yoga (mostly in my head, but I’m getting to it, it’s in with my Self Care hurdle).

I am a semi quick learner,  the Universe has spoken and my words are Faith and Power for 2021.  While I do not have a lack of Faith, I do get really stressed and hold that energy in my body.  This year more than the last few years I will need to really lean into Faith.  I will put all my worries and stress into Faith and leave my body stress free and surrender to however situations unfold, even if they seem not in my favor, I will understand that whatever is happening is for my highest good and something better is coming towards me. The Universe has prepared me for this year, and I am ready.

Power comes to me because, while I am the matriarch of the family and everyone comes to me for EVERYTHING.  I sometimes have a nervous energy when I am stressed (because EVERYTHING IS MY RESPONSIBILITY) and unknowingly I have given my POWER away in manipulative, narcissistic, gas lighting situations, when I am on the receiving end.  The nervous energy then turns into not being as independent and self reliant as I would like to be.  For me, the word POWER is very complex.  Yet,  I understand it and why it came to me. Did you know the word itself has 32 definitions!!! I have no lack of Self Empowerment nor do I have low self esteem.  I simply need to remain in my Power and know that I have the inner strength and confidence to stand in my power during all situations. For me, POWER is to help assist my nervous energy and some anxieties.  It’s an, I GOT THIS...period. 

I am forever in deep gratitude to the Universe for helping me on a deeper level that I would not have figured out for myself.  

Oh, by the way, in 2020 I was referred to as Graceful by three different people that did not know each other nor did they know that Grace was my attempted word for the year.  I was pretty much in tears each time and thanked them and the Universe for sending those three people as confirmation.

Side note, another word is already on the Horizon, Balance.  I need to Balance ME, my home, and my business.  Notice ME and my home are separate.  Part of Self Care for me was realizing I need to separate the house, the 3 kids and the animals from me as a responsibility, otherwise it’s all about them and NOT ME!  Maybe, just like Discipline, Self Mastery, Exercise, and Yoga; Balance JUST IS, I have the awareness, now I need to PRACTICE IT - DO IT!

IN REVIEW

Having a word or words in my case to focus on, has made a huge difference in my life.  I will always start the year with a new word, maybe still bring the previous word into my new year, if I felt I did not complete.  I will always be open to what new words are on the horizon too.  I too will celebrate myself when I come into awareness that I did complete a word and integrate it into mylife.  BE SURE YOU CELEBRATE YOU TOO!

YOUR ACTIVITY

should you choose to accept

Choose a Word.  What is your word for 2021 and will you choose it, or will you let the Universe reveal to you?  What other words have you used in previous years and how did it impact you?

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Luminous Light & Love,

Monique💖

Luminosity Living LLC