My word for 2013
e·nough
[ih-nuhf]
adjective
1.adequate for the want or need; sufficient for the purpose or to satisfy desire: enough water; noise enough to wake the dead.
pronoun
2.an adequate quantity or number; sufficiency.
adverb
Last year my word was define. My idea was that I would finally get to writing my mission statement and setting my goals. To put together my project of defining me. Yet I ended the year in a very different place. To define means to set the meaning of and determine the boundaries of a word. So to define me I had to strip away everything that didn't fit with me. It meant simplifying my life. Clearing the clutter and the unfinished projects and deciding what I really wanted to be doing and who I want to be.
I came across this verse while clearing my diary from 2012. Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed - PROV 16:3. After reading this post by Amanda at Always Amanda and this post at To Overflowing. I need to remember that while I have plans and dreams I always need to leave room for God to write the story. So here is to this year and living a full life of white space and margin by discovering what is enough.
3.in a quantity or degree that answers a purpose or satisfies a need or desire; sufficiently.
4.fully or quite: ready enough.
After putting together my series on enough at the end of last year I wanted to carry it through and allow it to be a part of who I am.
After putting together my series on enough at the end of last year I wanted to carry it through and allow it to be a part of who I am.
Last year my word was define. My idea was that I would finally get to writing my mission statement and setting my goals. To put together my project of defining me. Yet I ended the year in a very different place. To define means to set the meaning of and determine the boundaries of a word. So to define me I had to strip away everything that didn't fit with me. It meant simplifying my life. Clearing the clutter and the unfinished projects and deciding what I really wanted to be doing and who I want to be.
I came across this verse while clearing my diary from 2012. Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed - PROV 16:3. After reading this post by Amanda at Always Amanda and this post at To Overflowing. I need to remember that while I have plans and dreams I always need to leave room for God to write the story. So here is to this year and living a full life of white space and margin by discovering what is enough.
What a wonderful reminder about staying grounded and not getting pulled along by all the advertising around us telling us we need more, more, more. Thanks for the wise post!
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