Ali's prompts for January were simple: 1) Declare your word 2) Take a self-portrait 3) Define your word 4) Share a quote featuring your word and 5) Journal about your word using questions that Ali provided in her download.
The Text from my layout:
“The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune’s spite; revive from ashes and rise.” Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra quotes (Spanish writer, author of the masterwork ‘El quijote’, 1547-1616
noun (In classical mythology) a unique bird that lived for five or six centuries in the Arabian desert, after this time burning itself on a funeral pyre and rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle.
I chose Phoenix because after everything I’ve experienced between September 2013 and now, I feel like the next logical step is a complete rebirth.
In what way is Phoenix already a part of my life… since I’ve already walked through fire, it’s natural to think of the Phoenix as the image to take me on the next stage of my journey.
What do I want more of in 2015? Positive growth, chances to have the better life I’m trying to create, health.
What do I want less of in 2015? Fear. Loss. Anxiety. Being stuck and trapped.What most excites me about 2015? It’s new. It’s unwritten.
What do I most fear about 2015? That it will be a continuation of 2013 and 2014.