Welcome to my continual fascination with words, most particularly my love of developing acronyms to help me remember things, to emphasize important concepts, to have some fun and to watch my friends roll their eyes and groan!
A little etymology background first, as usual….the root “sacro-” most commonly relates to the sacrum, the triangular bone at the base of the spine, derived from the Latin “os sacrum” meaning “holy bone.” The trianglular shape is indicative of wholeness, completion, and/or strength from many different cultural, religious, philosophical and even engineering perspectives. Consider for example: body-mind-spirit, the HolyTrinity, birth-life-death, thought-feeling-emotion, imagine-affirm-manifest and in engineering, it signifies strength, stability, and direction, forming the foundation for structures like bridges and pyramids. So much meaning in one little shape!
Less commonly, and stemming from the same Latin root sacer, sacro relates to things that are sacred or holy, as seen in words like sacred or sacrifice. That’s the one I’m referencing in my SACRO-NYMS. Sacred acronyms!
Enough of all that… here are some of my favorites, and you’ll see them often in my posts.
FAITH Firmly Anchored to Infinite Truth in my Heart
Living in Faith I feel moored to Truth, especially in times of chaos. God is my innermost heartmate, where absolute truth lives.
HOPE Heart Open to Positive Expectation
In my world (my happy cloud as my daughter calls it) I believe that all is well and working for my good, even when it doesn’t seem like it!
LOVE Life’s Omni Vital Energy
All you (we) need is love! You can’t go wrong with Jesus and the Beatles
JOY Journey in Oneing and Yielding
The blog series I’m startiing in 2026 speaks to this part of my life’s journey
STOP Sacred Time Of Prayer
Definitely a road sign in life that we each need to pay attention to
BLESS Being Love Energy in Sacred Service
Taking intentional time to be that love presence in our own lives and in others’ lives, what a sacred service that is.
PEACE Prayerful End to All Conflict Everwhere (Inner and Outer) and also
Prayer Energy Affirming our Christ-like Expression
LIGHT Life Illumined in God’s Holy Truth
BALANCE Being in Alignment with Life’s Abundant Numinous Creative Energy
Numinous – love this word… has an interesting etymology, coming from the early association in Latin with “nod” and becoming associated later with the gods, and ending up around the 16th century use in English to mean supernatural, mysterious, spiritual, holy.
TRUTH Transcendental Reality of the Universe that Transforms Hearts
God by whatever name you choose is TRUTH, transcending all time, space, physicality… everything
TOGGLE Think On God, Gratitude, and Loving Expressions
Using your thought as a toggle switch, this is based on Emmett Fox’s “The Golden Key,” as a way to manage concerns, problems, difficulties in life. He says, “Stop thinking about the difficulty, whatever it is, and think about God instead.” God is Goodness, Gratitude, and Love – these are ways to focus your thinking on God, so use the TOGGLE switch.