Yes, Natasha, our words are very connected! Kindness is the grace that keeps humans connected to each other. I’ll look forward to the points of intersection of our words as the year goes on.

It’s sweet, but your word is interconnected to mine – Kindness. 🙂

https://natashamusing.com/2023/01/kindness-word-of-the-year-2023-woty/

Sending you utter joy, blessings and bliss this 2023 with all things human. <3

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I can tell that God is already doing a mighty work in you as abide in Him and discover all that He has for you in the coming year!

Indeed, Lynn. I need to explore this side too–the dehumanization process and the damage it does (and why oh why do we do it???). 🙁

The yoga dog is the best! 🙂 Benji is his name and he makes an appearance in almost every video. Very calming to just watch him when I can’t do the moves. lol.

Thanks for the additional ideas for my word, Lynn! You win the most helpful award in our One Word group. I see you often encouraging people and offering suggestions. We appreciate you!

And you just triggered a thought for me about another blog post I can write on being human. I spent HOURS the past few weeks trying to talk to a human at the cable company. It was so frustrating. I’ll make myself a note about putting the story together…

Thank you so much for this encouragement, and I’m glad that I was *humanly* making sense! 🙂 Also, as I read your encouragement over my health, admittedly, it is hard to accept that our (my) human bodies break down (and not knowing why–humans, including doctors, don’t know everything about human bodies). I think of Ps. 139 and how mysteriously and wonderfully human beings are made by their Creator. It helps to know we humans have been created and by One who does understand us and promises to help. Another thought I just had is when you mentioned there are certain things only humans can do. A line of your contemplation might be to consider all we lose when machines replace humans (which of course humans in their intelligence design). I think of telephone operators, receptionists, even from my childhood elevator operators, just to name a few. When we replace humans with machines, humans lose jobs, and their customers lose interaction. AND which of us humans want to be dumped into electronic oblivion?! I am soooo frustrated to be confronted w/ myriad (and endless) phone options only to be met by more when I finally press an option (often the wrong option) and have to start all over. OR my option of concern is not even listed. Whatever happened to a real human just answering the phone and also your question or connecting you to the right source?! Ah, food, for thought by your lovely human brain, Lisa.
xo
Lynn