Word for the year

A scrapbooker whom I really admire is Ali Edwards. She is very inspiring to me. She promotes the idea of coming up with a word for the year. I think I like this idea. Her word this year is "nurturing." I am considering "patience" but also like the idea of "appreciation." Since it is New Year's Eve these kinds of things are on my mind. I think both words represent many of the things I have been thinking about for the coming year. Hmm... something to think about for the last hours of 2008.