My Word for 2014 - Adoration

For the last couple of years, I have chosen a word to ponder and focus on for the new year.  As I was looking at the faces of the angels in the painting--Adoration of the Christ Child by Carl Marr--that I posted yesterday, I decided that what I was seeing in those earnest little faces was not wanting but adoration.  They were not looking for something to happen, they were adoring what was right in front of them.

Therefore, I decided that my word for 2014 is "Adoration."

I invite you to choose a word for the new year as well.  As Christine Valters Paintner would say, it is often the word that chooses you.

(I would also highly recommend following Christine's blog--
Abbey of the Arts.)