2015 Word of the Year

My word of the year last year was "settle" - it was the perfect word for 2014. I settled into a lot of things, including (newly) married life. There's still much room for growth, but overall it was a settling year.

I had to think long and hard about a word of the year for this year. I felt pulled in a few different directions and pondered over a long list:

foster
nurture
nourish
simplify
cherish
cultivate
boost
present
provoke
stimulate
advance
challenge
indulge
encourage
promote

But then, as "words of the year" should, the word popped into my head a few days ago after a conversation with Pat: patience. I let it sit, pondering over it, and the longer I sat on it, the most right it felt.

A virtue I like to think I have a lot of, but really I need to work on cultivating it. I need to show more patience in all aspects of my life right now. I really want to move up and on to a new stage in life, but it isn't going to be an immediate shift. We need to work out many things first. Patience. I need to cherish this time in my life too and have patience. The next step will come. All at the right time.

What is your word of the year for 2015?