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At the beginning of each new year, I claim a word for the year. For 2023, my word is \u201ccurious.\u201d<\/p>\nAt the beginning of each new year, I claim a word for the year. For 2023, my word is \u201ccurious.\u201d<\/p>\n
I chose \u201ccurious\u201d because I really had no clue how 2023 would develop both personally and as part of Spirit Moxie. The previous year 2022 had caught me by surprise \u2014 a trip to Spain materialized, seeds for which had been planted in 2017 or so and pretty much forgotten. My new book was published that really was a book, not just an online offering, and was incredibly beautiful (Talking to Trees through poetry and pictures<\/i><\/a>). As 2022 continued, the Russian attacks on Ukraine was the impetus for Spirit Moxie to expand Corner of Calm rather than cancel it. If that was 2022, what might happen in 2023? What might go as planned? What might be unexpected? I was (and am) still settling into a new place to live and there was a lot I didn\u2019t know and certainly more people to meet! So being curious felt right and implied \u201copen to possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n Now I\u2019m a big believer in the concept there is a web of ideas and discoveries that flows through the world. Several ideas that are integral to Spirit Moxie that seemed innovative and even a bit weird to the world at large at one time, are now seen as commonplace. Yes, the now familiar idea that little things can change the world raised eyebrows when we began. It was a concept that sounded intriguing to some, but was discounted in presentations by others who I\u2019m pretty sure had never heard of Spirit Moxie and probably still haven\u2019t. Now you encounter this idea as a matter of fact part of world change. On a more recent note, at least two well known people I follow are suddenly offering courses on being calm. Spirit Moxie\u2019s Corner of Calm started on August 3, 2021.\u00a0 <\/span>So, I guess I shouldn\u2019t be surprised that curiosity is being promoted more and more every place I\u2019ve looked recently.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n What is useful about those promotions is that they have given me some perspectives that I originally wouldn\u2019t have considered. For me, curiosity seemed a matter of fact way to approach my life and world. But those who explore such things have discovered, for example, that when people are under stress, curiosity about how the situation will evolve calms and relaxes their minds.\u00a0 <\/span>It takes us away from fear because we now have a problem to chew on instead. As we look farther, we can see curiosity as a driving force in multiple inventions and the pull that encourages exploration.<\/p>\n Building taller – or perhaps digging deeper – I suggest that you be curious about things that you find annoying or even hurtful. Is age really the reason x, y, and z are happening? Is time always linear? Is there another possible explanation for what happened? Or my favorite question that helps me dance with time, \u201cWhat should I be doing right now?\u201d (This might be the only acceptable use of the word \u201cshould\u201d!)<\/p>\n So I think more than anything else this post is an invitation. Be curious! How does curiosity serve you? What have you noticed as a result?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For, as I have learned, it is through daring to be curious that adventures, insights, and possibilities appear.<\/p>\n __________________ At the beginning of each new year, I claim a word for the year. For 2023, my word is \u201ccurious.\u201d I chose \u201ccurious\u201d because I really had no clue how 2023 would develop both personally and as part of Spirit … Continue reading
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