My 2022 Word isn’t a Resolution

Do you choose a word for the year?

I don’t choose a word for the year. Every year, a word chooses me.

The first time it happened was in 2012. Beginning in November the word “Hope” kept coming up in conversation. In December the mentions increased, and being the logophile that I am I wanted to do a whole etymological word study on it, but I didn’t have time. So…