“The river does not struggle to reach the ocean.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

I have not set resolutions in many years, because I have always seen how I can never live up to them…and then when I can’t live up to them, I feel crappier than even before I set them. Instead I choose a healing intention for the whole year.

This is easily my favorite year end ritual since the past few years- to choose a word for the year. Which also doubles as the intention of the year as well.

I’ve found that after years of setting goals and resolutions which fizzle out in intensity and appeal after a few weeks, a word based intention creates a wonderful level of focus. It is sort of an anchor to come back to when you feel lost along the way. My word for last year was: Positive. And, I can say with great satisfaction that, that is the first thing I wrote as a something I have achieved in 2025 in my journal. Positive everything, was at the forefront of all that I did in the last year.