Not a Random Selection

On January 6, 2013 I wrote:

I am the recipient of a silver star. Not just a plain star, but one with a word on the back. On Epiphany Sunday the minister placed silver stars on the floor in the front of the church-- small ones for adults and large stars for children.

" You'll find a word on the back of each star. Don't peek under a number of stars to find the one— just pick a star. Place the star where you'll see it throughout the year. Mediate on the word, look it up, see where it appears in scripture, see how it applies to you."

Today I walked up to the front of the church, looked down and picked a star. Before I turned it over I thought about my 2013 word—release. Over the year I felt that the word picked me rather than that I selected the word. Nothing seemed random.

When I arrived back in the pew I turned my star over and read my word for 2014—connect.

This isn't chance or a coincidence—release one year and then connect.

It's looking at two sides, a duality. I'm not certain what I'll do with connect—save let it lead me.

Connect: relation, association, belong to, joining, reunion.

Perhaps 2014 will be the year of reunions, reconnections.