Appreciate: a particular meaning

Appreciate: my word for the New Year. I am thinking of "value" or "cherish" or "delight in" even simply "enjoy".

Not gratitude. Gratitude is more of a giver/receiver situation. Thanksgiving. A good thing, but not what I am thinking of.

I appreciate a funny comment on my first post about appreciate..
(editor's note: I appreciate the comment on this entry.) Oh, I do appreciate every comment.

Appreciate! Appreciate Sweet Pea's cheer in the morning; Runner Don's taking pictures of the food we cook.

I'm thinking I will appreciate the first 5K race of the season.
I will appreciate the streets being clear of ice so I can run outside.
I will recognize a momentary occasion for joy when it appears.

A sunset, a child, a joke, a tender touch, a cheer offered by someone for someone else, the flavor of fresh fruit, a laptop and a cell phone that work, the sound of the dishwasher starting up, the sound of a voice I recognize, a breeze in my face, a new friend, an old friend... maybe you.

Appreciate today as the best day of the year.

"APPRECIATE": my word for 2008

There will be good things in the new year. Appreciate seems like just the right word.

And today is incredibly the best day of the year! Blessings for 2008.