“Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional, and mental states.” ~ Carol Welch
My one word. At the beginning of this year I joined thousands of others who chose “one word” to represent this year. I chose “MOVE”. I feel this word applies for me across the board.
For the weight loss – MOVE: exercise, be active
For my writing – MOVE: my fingers – get typing!
For my life – MOVE: propel forward, act, be proactive in all
Definitions for “move”
to advance or progress
to change from one place or position to another.
to set or keep in motion
to prompt, actuate, or impel to some action
an action toward an objective or goal;
I want to do/be all of the above. In all areas of my life. The physical, spiritual, mental and emotional. I want to be improving, moving, progressing, learning – always! It is easy to get stagnant, stuck, to become immovable. I was for so long in my life – but for the last year and a half I have proactively chosen to move forward. To move. To grow. It has felt great – and continues to feel amazing. I want to keep moving. Keep growing. Grow in the depth of who I am – in all areas of my life.
“It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.” ~ Alan Cohen
“Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.” ~ Saul Alinsky
There’s a song by Group 1 Crew called “Movin”…it’s one I love the lyrics to…here’s just a sampling…
On your mark, get set, here we go
Time to make your future unfold
And put aside what’s killing growth
You know what’s best for ya so let’s go
Holla back if you really feel me
Holla back now if you are with me
No time to waste the clock is tickin’
Enough wishin the wells out of commission It ain’t no superstition No need to make your prediction Your destiny is in your possession How bad u want it is the question
If you really wanna move you got to get movin’(movin, movin), got to get movin’, nothin left to do except to just do it (do it, do it), got to just do it., if you want it want it go and go and get it get it, you don’t have to wait anymore I can hear him calling, step through the door, where anything is possible
SHOOT
That’s my one word, as in the beginning of a cycle of growth. A plant sends up a shoot before any of the flowers or fruit ever appear. I think that’s the kind of year it is.
I’m coming off the Master Cleanse in a few days. Do you have any advice for someone considering getting onto the 4HBD?