Savoring 2024

For the last ten years or so, I would choose a "theme" word to concentrate on for the new year. Something I felt deeply inside of me that I needed to learn to embody. I didn't realize it would become a consistent habit for me - but here we are, a decade later, and I am continuing to choose my new year word.

The word for 2024 is Savor. Savor life, savor the depth of the flavors in the food that I cook, savor the emotions that I feel, savor the moments in life. I felt myself shift when the word came to me, I just knew that I was meant to learn the art of savoring life in 2024.

How did I come upon this word? Well, I had been at home one day...trying to decide what to make myself to eat. A spark of inspiration when I decided "let's learn how to cook French cuisine". Literally no idea where that thought came from...but I went with it because it was fun. I felt like I was playing with the universe a little bit in that moment. I watched a lesson on YouTube and decided on a recipe.

I found a couple of recipes on the website www.pardonyourfrench.com - I had decided on the Classic French Beef Bourguignon served over Potato Gratin Dauphinois.

Now, we can't simply prepare a French recipe without embodying the entire essence of French cooking....SAVORING the moments, the purchasing of the ingredients, the preparation of the food - the entire process start to finish was four hours in my kitchen that day.

And, what an experience it was. The final step, partaking in the lovely meal I had just labored over with so much love.

Lordt. Have. Mercy. I have never tasted anything so AMAZING - let alone cooked it on my own. My tastebuds were dancing in my mouth with each bite. What was the difference? I love to cook...the difference today was that I enjoyed the entire process. Typically, it's a mad rush from the time I finish work to the time I start dinner. Mad rushing filled with feeling tired and hangry....not today. Today there was no mad rush, there was no time frame...I was calm, cool, relaxed. I enjoyed it. All of that energy was instead placed into cooking a meal infused with positive emotions.

Alas, "Savor" became my word for 2024. Savoring life and all of its beautiful moments.

Of course now, I want to recreate this beautiful moment over and over again. So, I asked myself...how can I continue having those beautiful, high vibrational moments where I feel so much JOY and utter HAPPINESS with such a simple thing? How can I consciously CHOOSE to savor each moment of my day?

That is exactly the challenge I am tasking myself with for the remaining days of 2024. Consciously choosing

to savor a moment, to find so much joy in one tiny aspect that my entire body buzzes with delight. That is true co-creation at it's finest.

What are your words for 2024? How do you plan to infuse them into your daily life?

xoxo

Marcelle.