My word for 2014 is believe. I’ve never chosen a year-word before, but I keep seeing “believe” and I keep saying “believe” (as in, “I believe in you”), so I decided it would be my word.

Believe is the intersection of hope and trust, where what we know and what we dream confer. I think believing requires a certain courageous capacity, allowing space for what might be, allowing our desires to awaken.

So, this year, I’m believing.

Believing in my own voice

Believing in my new book

Believing in my marriage

Believing in my Luke and Lane who will be starting K in the fall (!)

Believing God is bigger than . . . all the many forces and voices that tell me I shouldn’t believe.

Believing in the strong safety net of my friends and family

Believing in you and me and in our capacity to breathe and become

What is your word for 2014? Why did you choose that word?