The past 3 years I tried the spiritual practice picking a ‘Word of the Year’. A word that was supposed to attract in what I was desiring.
In 2019, my word and desire was ‘Connection’.
2020 was so impactful I’ve forgotten it.
In 2021, my words was ‘Thriving’.
When choosing these words, I was choosing words of what I wanted to feel and connect to and attract into my life. 2019 was connecting to Romance, Abundance, Life Path and Purpose etc. By the end of the year, I felt none of it was true. I hadn’t magically manifested my true love. I hadn’t magically called in thousands of dollars to pay off my debt and build up my savings. I hadn’t figured out what the hell I was supposed to be doing with my life. It was the worst year ever for that, spent in a job that made me stressed and miserable.
For the past 3 years, I’ve been saying to myself “This practice doesn’t work”.
When I first started this practice, I was reminded by a mentor that when working with these words, what she noticed was, “you attract in situations to help you clear your block to that word”. So, if I was wanting connection with others, when dating I would be attracting in situations that would show me where I needed to grow and what I needed to give up to have romance and a partner. For examples, ideas about how I wanted men to act. I desire assertive strong men, not passive and meek. Therefore, I like a man to initiate conversation on dating apps, or initiate going for a drink, choosing a place to meet. It could be perceived that these ideas are are the places I get stuck and prevent romance from coming in. My blocks. Or with abundance, showing me my blocks in spending or saving habits. Like showing me the things I’m super cheap about and things I splurge on, when I’m in the midst of rebuilding my financial world. It’s in noticing these blocks, transforming and clearing them that you get closer to your word and desire.
For a while, I felt there was a certain element of “showing you the blocks” was true. And I embraced it and kept working my spiritual practice. But I’ll tell you, but the end of 2020, I started to feel done with this word of the year practice. I was at a place where I said, “This may work for some people, but it does not work for me”. This is where divine intervention stepped in and connected me to a manifestation course. The Surrender Approach by Juliette. This was the missing piece.
In manifestation you don’t want to continually focus or notice even, what you don’t have. You want to stop paying attention to, feeling, noticing where the lack is. In picking these words, I was picking a word I didn’t feel was true for me. Anytime I looked at the beautiful sign I made for that word, my energy would get dinged, and it would be a reminder of what I don’t have. I don’t have romance currently; I don’t have abundance I have debt. I don’t have. don’t have. A continual reminder of lack.
I now being the incredible being that I am, see the error of my ways. I see that if I want this practice to work, a better strategy would be to pick a word that I already feel is true for me to expand it, feel more of it, have it ring more and more true. I know what is true for me now is the feeling of Support. Support of me and my business growing. I have felt more supported in the last month or two than I have in the past 2 years. People reaching out to say, “what you’re sharing resonates”. Or friends that are women entrepreneurs being willing to do Youtube or Instagram live interviews to help promote me and help my audience grow. Women giving me free booths at their event, because they know I’m building my business from the ground up and money is tight. Even family offering loans to help me purchase products to grow my product line. If I was going to choose a word for the year, for 2022, Supported would be a really great one. It’s one that is already true. And every time I see the word on my board I would say, “Yes, I am!” and feel the gratitude and truth in it.
I see now how everything we desire just needs a little nugget or seed of truth from within; to be watered, grown, expanded into what feels like a mountain of truth. That these little truths within us are what we should nurture throughout the year to expand, rather than focus on what we don’t have.
I realize in the end, it’s not the ‘Word of the Year Practice ‘that needs to go out the window, only the approach in choosing the word that needed revised.
I am feeling Supported! What are you feeling, growing, nurturing?
