My 2021 Word of the Year: Vrede

My 2021 Word of the Year is Vrede (Dutch for peace). 
 
Vrede
Vrede
Vrede: Words of Worthy Humanitarians
Vrede: Words of Worthy Humanitarians

Words of Worthy Humanitarians

lifting a reader’s gaze toward heartfelt messages
aiming in the direction of peace
translating compassionate actions from insightful, educated individuals
experiencing high-level analytics
interpretating precisely crafted communication
laying meaning
provoking thought
honing letters and spacing
interweaving critical thinking and art
mixing cutting-edge technology old-fashioned handcrafts
reflecting back to guide forward
redirecting chaos towards peace
catching the gazer’s eyes
challenging mission-seeking souls
using body/mind currents
propelling activities full of compassion and kindness
brushing, layering saturating, filtering colour, light
enhancing, enlightening, focusing attention towards peace
blurring erasing problems
linking souls throughout time and space
interlayering man and nature
blending, building balanced, equal life’s stage
staggering intoxicating beauty
breath-holding in the space between
inhaling and exhaling
replenishing peace fuelling health, hope
acknowleging, uniting, interlinking philosophers, artists, scientists, educators, historians, tradespeople,
financers, politicians, administrators, clerks, servers, caregivers, immigrants, activists, farmers, ranchers,
service workers, sufferers…everyone
coating, enhancing their lens prepared for
spotlighting life enrichments

lifting
aiming
translating
experiencing
interpretating
laying
provoking
honing
interweaving
mixing
reflecting
redirecting
catching
challenging
using
propelling
brushing, layering
enhancing, enlightening, focusing
blurring
linking
interlayering
blending, building
staggering
breath-holding
inhaling
replenishing
acknowleging, uniting, interlinking
coating, enhancing
spotlighting

a reader’s gaze toward
in the direction of
compassionate actions
high-level
precisely crafted
thought
letters and
critical thinking and
cutting-edge technology
back to
chaos towards
the
mission-seeking
body/mind
activities full of
saturating, filtering
attention
erasing
souls
balanced, equal
intoxicating
in the space
and
peace
everyone
their lens
life

heartfelt messages
peace
from insightful, educated individuals
analytics
communication
meaning
spacing
art
old-fashioned handcrafts
guide forward
peace
gazer’s eyes
souls
currents
compassion and kindness
colour, light
towards peace
problems
throughout time and space
man and nature
life’s stage
beauty
between
exhaling
fuelling health, hope
everyone
prepared for
enrichments.

Vrede: Wa/onder With Me
Vrede: Wa/onder With Me

Wa/onder With Me

Everyone has power of
influence.
Have confidence in your ability to have significance.

Model the behaviour
for others to follow.
Spark a light in others; excite them to
spark a light
in someone else;
together, illuminate the world.

Every moment offers life-renewing opportunities.

Children provide lessons.
My grandson’s lesson:
“Make every day
your best day.”
Timeless insight rearranges the mind.

Awareness is the greatest agent for change.
There is no depth to the peace found in accepting each moment.

Follow
a grass-blade scripture.

Compassion has measurable benefits.
Compassion should not only be felt, it should also be expressed.
Cultivate compassion; confer kindness; grow your grace. 
The heart of compassion
lies in relieving suffering and deploying patience and kindness.

Kindness often involves a leap of faith. Leap!
Don’t wait to be asked for help, offer it.

Love is never indifferent.
Have the courage to speak against situations of injustice.

Silence as a weapon has no place in a healthy relationship.
Real affection includes straight speaking.
Relationships transform with interactive, authentic communication and moments of deep listening.

Forgiveness is the fastest route to peace.

The meaning of life is not found in solitude.
Do not fear difficult discourse. Interactive dialogue is an opportunity for participants to clarify thought.
People, not like us, help us grow.
Convincing others takes the lightest touch.

Silence—that space between your words—communicates loudly. Use it for fuller expression.

Brighten, lighten, and righten.

See that void? It is the land of plenty.

Say “yes” to the power of a simple “no.”

Nothings are everything.

To grow and to be more effective supersedes being “right.”

Mental freedom enhances the health of education.
Deep study of that or those we don’t know—human, animal, or tree—can bring extraordinary empathy.
Find the glory in failure.
Creative individuals employ broad levels of functioning and turn from conventional expectations.
Artistic expressions are a powerful vehicle for understanding.
Every scribble is a line of thought.
Use every sense in multiple ways: see what is said; taste with your eyes; smell the truth; feel a lie;
hear with your breath.

Your teleprompter is in your heart; speak from your soul.

Artfully rearrange your thoughts when they fall dark.
Creative leaders are required for innovative solutions.

Don’t look back in anger, nor forward in fear;
look around with fresh awareness.

Open your eyes,
see inspiration everywhere.
When you think you have the right perspective,

look again.

Reach
for
peace.

Renewal

Through a poem, an image, a sensing, an interview, a search, a research, a word, a phrase, a knowing, a relationship, a process, a principle, a theory, a living, a grasping, a drawing, a photograph, a talk, an essay, a publishing, a sharing, a thesis, a selfie

a new me emerges
                                propelling and layering
                                                 another
                                                         poem,
                                                                 image,
                                                                        sensing,
                                                          interview, search, research, …,
                                                                           
                              a wiser me emerges,
                                                                    propelling…. 
I feel love; I am love; I am, I feel life.

I catch unquestioned answers, not unanswered questions floating around me.

Renewal
Renewal: I catch unquestioned answers, not unanswered questions floating around me.

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