A New Year....

I came across a blog today where the blogger picks one word to describe what she wants the New Year to be for her. I did a lot of thinking last night after i read that post; so many comments were left of what other's had chosen their word for the New Year to be.

You can find Ali's post HERE

Her blog is amazing, btw....

For the life of me, i couldn't come up with a word. Really. Not one word came to mind. I loved many of the other words other's had left in the comment section, but they weren't MY word. They didn't fit.

And so i went to bed and had a dream about running a marathon.

Yeah, you read that right.

There were many other runners who were running with me, but i didn't know any of them. What i do know is that they were MUCH better runners than me and eventually, they all passed me by, speaking words of encouragement. Instead of stopping, i continued to run, slowly, but running nevertheless. For some reason, this marathon was to be over with at noon and i soon realized that there was simply NO way i would make that deadline. I didn't stop, however, i kept running, one foot in front of the other, i kept running. Finally, at 12:10, i crossed the finish line and to my great surprise, there were cheers. Cheers because i didn't stop, because i didn't give up, because i finished and because i kept running.

I woke up this morning with this word on the tip of my tongue...and it kept nagging at me. No matter how much i tried to shush it away, it kept coming back. Over and over again, the same word.

My word for next year?

Run.

I don't know why. The word just 'feels' right.

sigh....why the word couldn't be "chocolate" or "cake" is beyond me.

And so, i guess, i will run. Or maybe walk very fast for a while. I'll be a 'secret runner'...you know, one of those women who run before the sun comes up or after the sun goes down. Kinda like a vampire? Good thing that vampires are fashionable again, eh?

I'll be sure to let you know how it goes....as it will be good for entertainment purposes if nothing else. :)