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It's a tradition at our church in Round Rock to issue "star words" to each member of the congregation at Epiphany, in recognition of the star the Magi followed to find the baby Jesus. Last year, I drew my star word from an offering plate that was passed around the congregation. My word was "wisdom". "I can work with that," I thought. I read a book on the feminine divine concept of Wisdom (Sophia). And a few months later, this blog was born: "Wise Women Write." It seemed fitting, and this blog was a meaningful part of 2020 for me. Last Sunday--again Epiphany Sunday--members were sent their star words in an email. We were assured the words were assigned in a totally random order. I believe it, because my word for 2021 has me stymied: Liveliness. That's one word I seldom associate with myself. While I am certainly often infused with energy (as the definition implies), there's also a connotation of extraversion or outgoing personality. An extravert I am not. We've been instructed to contemplate our words, use them however we like during the year--maybe print them and post them in a conspicuous place. What we do with the word is up to each of us. But at the end of the year, we'll be asked to consider what role the word played in the year's events for us, what it meant to us, or how it changed us. This will be an interesting process, maybe a characteristic I'll need to develop or grow into. I took down my "wisdom" star, but I haven't posted my new one yet. Soon. I'm thinking about it. They never said star words would be easy. --Janice
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