One Little Word for 2020
Happy 2020! For the past dozen years, I have selected One Little Word to serve as my guide and inspiration for the year. Here's a list of words so far:
2008 joy
2009 listen2010 celebrate2011 deeper2012 fierce2013 sky2014 mystery2015 wild2016 delight
2017 abundance
2018 behold
2019 happy
... and for 2020 I've selected
Why red?
I'm not entirely sure! (I've always been a "purple" girl.) I hope to discover the whys during this year of "red."
Here's what I've learned so far:
Red is an emotionally intense color, and it has many broad, contradictory meanings --- anger, fear, birth, passion, energy, love, danger, violence, aggression, ambition, determination, confidence, humanity, death... it's complicated!
Red is attention-getting, which is why it's the color of fire trucks and stop signs.
Hester Prynne wore a red letter A on her chest.
Editors use red pencils/ink.
Tiger Woods always wears a red shirt on Sundays.
Red fruits like strawberry, watermelon, tomato are favorites of mine. Here's a list of 273 things in nature that are red.
Ryan Hodnett [CC BY-SA 4.0
(https://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by-sa/4.0)]Who doesn't love a (male) cardinal? (I love the females, too, of course -- see this mama cardinal poem!)
Red letter days are the best days.
When we were expecting our second child, we painted his room red on the bottom and yellow on the top with a cute transportation-themed wallpaper border in between. A few months into his life I read an article that suggested red bedroom walls might increase violence and anger in children, so we promptly repainted his room blue!
January's birthstone garnet is red.
An introvert, I generally stay away from red in clothing, but I've noticed it creeping into my wardrobe more often in recent years.
In Russia, the word "red" means "beautiful."
In Asia, red symbolizes good luck.
In North American stock markets, red means a drop in value.
... so who knows where red will take me this year??
To read about others' selections for their One Little Word, be sure to visit Margaret at Reflections on the Teche for Spiritual Journey Thursday roundup!
2008 joy
2009 listen2010 celebrate2011 deeper2012 fierce2013 sky2014 mystery2015 wild2016 delight
2017 abundance
2018 behold
2019 happy
... and for 2020 I've selected
Why red?
I'm not entirely sure! (I've always been a "purple" girl.) I hope to discover the whys during this year of "red."
Here's what I've learned so far:
Red is an emotionally intense color, and it has many broad, contradictory meanings --- anger, fear, birth, passion, energy, love, danger, violence, aggression, ambition, determination, confidence, humanity, death... it's complicated!
Red is attention-getting, which is why it's the color of fire trucks and stop signs.
Hester Prynne wore a red letter A on her chest.
Editors use red pencils/ink.
Tiger Woods always wears a red shirt on Sundays.
Red fruits like strawberry, watermelon, tomato are favorites of mine. Here's a list of 273 things in nature that are red.
Ryan Hodnett [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by-sa/4.0)]Who doesn't love a (male) cardinal? (I love the females, too, of course -- see this mama cardinal poem!)
Red letter days are the best days.
When we were expecting our second child, we painted his room red on the bottom and yellow on the top with a cute transportation-themed wallpaper border in between. A few months into his life I read an article that suggested red bedroom walls might increase violence and anger in children, so we promptly repainted his room blue!
January's birthstone garnet is red.
An introvert, I generally stay away from red in clothing, but I've noticed it creeping into my wardrobe more often in recent years.
In Russia, the word "red" means "beautiful."
In Asia, red symbolizes good luck.
In North American stock markets, red means a drop in value.
... so who knows where red will take me this year??
To read about others' selections for their One Little Word, be sure to visit Margaret at Reflections on the Teche for Spiritual Journey Thursday roundup!
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