Grace
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Early in the year, my life coach asked me, “What is your word for the year?” Mmmhh! This was a first for me. I thought for a few minutes and the word “Grace” popped into my mind. I told her, “my word for the year is “Grace.” In this year may I give others grace when they fall short of my expectations of them or hurt me knowingly or unknowingly” I sure didn’t know what would come down my way.
Stick with me as I go down this winding road.
One of the things I had purposed to do this year, was to revive my non-existent dating life. I decided to use online dating apps as a way of meeting potential dates. On January 1, 2019 I put up online dating profiles on three platforms. It starts slow and almost immediately I want to shut it all down. But I had committed to 6 months, a restriction I put on myself as I had been on this road before and quit at the hint of frustrations. My girlfriends were my accountability partners. No matter how horrible the experience was they wouldn’t let me quit. Then January 25th I get a message from a man that seem nice, I met him on the 26th for a short face to face introduction. Oh! I was on top of the world, and we lived 10 minutes from each other. Our first official date was February 5th. The date was easy, fun, lots of laughter….just perfect. We kept in touch, saw each other a few times after that. I noticed his kindness, thoughtfulness, warm heart, caring, loving, funny, intelligent, driven person he was, let’s say he was checking off most of my “must haves” Then February 15th came and all went silent. I was caught off guard. I felt all kind of emotions and had questions that I couldn’t answer. Then I was reminded of my word of the year, “Grace.” Say what? Are you kidding me? This hurts and giving him grace was not in my radar. After mulling it over, I chose to give him grace…Grace is never deserved but when given it frees you of bitterness, anger, frustrations or any other negative feeling you might have.
Fast forward to today, we have spoken a few times, seen each other a couple of times, run into each other at a store…but the word “Grace” has been my grounding force.
I give him grace as I am sure I have been a recipient of grace in my life too many times to count. May “Grace” continue to be my anchor at all times.
What is your word for the year? I would like to hear about it.