To all the loving Reverb11 folks out there: THANK YOU for carrying on with this project. I love the diversity I saw in the brief moments I had to visit blogs. I am so excited that we are taking the latitude to reverb together as well as in uniquely personalized ways, too.
For Day 1, (yes, written on both Day 1 and Day 2) I will tell y’all about my Word for 2012.
Later today I will scribe my take on Day 2. I’m not sure which direction I will take yet, but I know it will be…. What it will be. Thank you to all of you who comment on my posts. This ALWAYS means more to me than you know! Happy Reverbing, Beloveds!
Last year I claimed the word “abondanza” on the first Day of December, 2010.
Yeah, abundance, in Italian and yes it is a real word.
When I turn to look back over 2011 I can see abondanza, albeit in different ways than I intended. This makes me curious. Is there a better word to use instead of abondanza? I think, perhaps, releasing is a better word. Maybe “Releasing Abondanza ~ Receiving Abondanza”. So that is my “revised” 2011 which I shall claim through December 31.
Now, for 2012 I have a word that has been whispering in my ear for a while now.
My word for 2012 is “Intimacy.”
Intimacy lives in places, spaces and people when I can just be purely me without concern or judgment. It means sharing those deep dark crevices and recognizing pain may come as a result. It is countercultural to be intimate on such a wide scale.
We are taught boundaries are protective measures which keep us safe.
I suppose I am more of a risk taker who believes, “What have I got to lose from being increasingly intimate with more and more people?”
Our puritan background automatically means intimacy is tainted with sexuality of the most heinous sort. Sometimes intimacy IS related to sexuality.
I see it like this: intimacy leads me into the sacred. It creates trust, it creates a loving bridge between me and the people who are ready to “get” intimacy on higher levels than they have been used to before. It is revolutionary, this thought of baring our souls, saying what we are hesitant to say or what we are afraid to say.
My belief is not only will I become a better person by embracing Intimacy in 2012, I think the world will become a better place as people catch on and begin to feel more safe in Intimacy than in Boundaries.
Ironically, sometimes it is in our most (conventionally) intimate relationships we need to welcome boundaries. Creating boundaries intimately creates heightened trust and closeness.
Intimacy: where these sorts of words are shared, frequently: “I want to be real with you.” Or “I want to be able to wear no makeup when you’re around” or “You are welcome inside my house when it is messy.” Or “Say whatever you need to say around me because I welcome honesty and putting yourself out there fully.”
“You look gorgeous when you cry.”
“It is a privilege to be with you when you are blissful and when sorrow fills you.”
“You are beautiful.”
“I love you no matter what you do. I love you because you are?”
“How may I serve you in being who you want to be?”
“You are love personified.”
“Take what you need from me. I’m not keeping a tally, this does not need to be reciprocal, simply take, receive what I offer and give to you fully and in love.”
“Stay as long as you would like.”
“Take your time.”
“Thank you.”
~ Beloved Readers & Reverbers ~ please comment below, perhaps including those phrases YOU would share as evidence of living a lifestyle of Intimacy.
Love to each and all.....
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