Every year the Oxford Dictionary comes up with a  Word of the Year, a word that captures the ethos and mood of our time.  For 2018 the word of the year is toxic.  Toxic was used widely to describe our natural environment, relationships, culture, politics, the state of our national conversation.

The word of the year is toxic because all too often our world feels toxic.

Here is my question for you.  If the world is toxic, do you have a counter world to which you can retreat where you feel safe and sound, seen and heard, loved and valued?