Conspire meaning to breath out7/30/2023 The Latin roots of the word conspire literally means to breathe together. ![]() I think I’m actually already pretty good at inspiring myself.Īnd then I remember a beautiful word Elfi Dillon-Shaw taught me about … conspire! Spirare means to breathe, also the root of the word spirit, the prefix con meaning with. ![]() I thrive on enthusiastic energy and creative expression ideas that are tightly intertwined with my idea of inspiration. Does the word inspiring motivate me to have an inspiring year? It feels a bit lame somehow … and I’m not sure why. Sorry, apparently there is an order, save the best for last. The results, in no particular order: loving, tenderness, compassion, challenge, diligence, integrity, sexy, rest, ease, delight, exploring, inspiring. exercise, answer emails, purge my office. I pare it down to the ‘being’ words that I want to permeate my entire existence, as opposed to the ‘doing’ words, i.e. I end up with 83 potentials for Word of the Year. For the next half hour I am scribbling words on post-its and just slapping them up on the wall, as fast as I can, while asking myself, “What’s important to me? What do I value? What do I want more of in my life? What do I still want to do before I die?” Sooo … out come the coloured pens and the post-its. Excellent idea! Problem … I don’t have a word for the year. ![]() That’s what I’ll do! I will write about my word for the year. I wasn’t sure what to write about until I noticed a lot of people picking their word for the year on Facebook. This afternoon I decided to do some intentional writing, as opposed to the accidental, stream of consciousness writing that I usually do. Wow, did I ever just go on a long trip down a rabbit hole.
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