One Word 2026 - Trust

 

(Jennifer Wagner at Inspitivity)

Choosing my "One Word" instead of a resolution for the next year sometimes comes easily and other years I must work at it. Grace was my word for 2025, and it was the perfect word for a challenging year. I learned that extending grace to myself as well as others provided calmer interactions with others. I will continue this practice. 

I seem to be overthinking everything I say or do lately and whining about life in general. Needing cataract surgery on my 'good" eye didn't help especially since the challenging eye still requires Eylea shots every 3 months. Losing any eyesight is frightening especially since my favorite activities are reading and quilting. Surgery went well and vision is good.

I started looking in the One Word 365 Community on Facebook for ideas and came across this post from 3 years ago:

My response jumped out at me,  and it seemed to fit. Sometimes I like to control situations and people instead of Trusting that everything will work out. As I age more things seem to be beyond my ability to change them. In my 70s everything seems to ache, hurt, interfere with sleep and cause me to worry. Is this the beginning of the end? Friends pass away (good people) who leave a large hole in my life and I am humbled by their impact on the lives around them. Their legacy is huge!

I am beginning to understand that the biggest things are the small actions in life - the kind gestures, promises kept, caring and sharing. I started keeping a list on my iPhone - "Good Things Are Always Happening to Me" as a reminder of the daily positive things that occur.

Trust is buying this Amaryllis encased in wax, knowing that it will grow and bloom!

This Pulitzer Prize Winner Trust by Herman Diaz will be my first read for 2026.

I love this quote attributed to John Lennon  " Everything's going to be okay in the end and if it's not okay then it's not the end." If I were going to get a tattoo, this might be it. Of course, it would have to have a flamingo with it. I'll pass at this time. 

Follow me on Instagram at kathy_nester or my book reviews at flaming_books. (now that my vision has impoved, I hope to read and write more often.)

#trust #oneword2026 

Previous year's words: https://pennyformythoughts-nona.blogspot.com/2024/