Word for the Year = LOVE

As I said in the last post I had lots of rattles in December that I just had no words for. The words I did have were not really complete thoughts. I had a Birthday. I'm another year older. The Christmas season came, which is usually a really big deal for me (hello I've been known to put the C-mas tree up on Halloween) But this year I think I felt more like Charlie Brown. (skip to the 5:00 mark where he visits Lucy)

Or this one could work too.

My pastor did several sermons about how we use Christmas as a marker. It's good if your memories & thoughts of C-mas is good, but not so good when you have a tough year or a loved one dies, or when the joy of C-mas hits an unhappy world. The point that hit me most is we can't understand the joy of Christmas without knowing what/who love is. It hit me that I do have a problem w/ loving, but more importantly being loved. Now we're in a new year & lots of people are making resolutions. Last year I read several blogs where they picked out one word that they wanted to focus on.For some it was a spiritual truth for others it was a personal habit. But all of them wanted to understand this word better & live this word better. My word this year is LOVE. I want to LOVE more. I want to be more LOVABLE. I want to SEE more love & GIVE more love. I want to understand in my heart what it means to say "God is love". Big task,I know. I know I won't complete it in a year I just want to take small steps in that direction. Steps that I know will lead me to the feet of my savior.
What about you do you have a word for the year. I would love to hear form others, to share in your journeys, & to see how one word could change us.