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My OLW for 2022

This year it’s a hard one – what word should I choose to encapsulate what this year could be? What word would I like to live towards? What one word should I choose…? You see, that’s the point. So much of the last two years has not been about choice. It’s been thrust upon us. The uncertainties. The panic. The grief and loss. The fear, and smell of fear – even permeating the sanitising glass of the television. This pandemic has transformed life as we have known it – turning a Cinderella story into that of Frankenstein.

After tossing up words like perseverance and resilience, I still felt uncomfortable about living that way through another year. It did not sit well with me. I could not countenance a challenging year of having to bend and flex like a reed in a pond, holding my head above water, seeking the sunshine.

So, I choose instead to seek the good in the year ahead. I choose to celebrate the kindness of family, friends and random strangers. I choose to see the good in people’s faces and actions. I choose to welcome what comes with a ‘glass half-full’ perspective. I choose to live this coming year with my one little word – gratitude. That is my choice.