This is not only a new year, but it is also the first full year of my next sabbath year cycle. As such, before I define the focus for this year, I also need to define the guiding vision that will serve me for the next seven years. Sometime over the past few years and idea stood out to me – words that had a version with an ‘en’ or ’em’ prefix – encourage, empower, enrich, enable, enjoy, embolden, etc. En Words Both ‘en’ and ’em’ are related variants that serve as a prefix that means “in,” “into,” “to cause” or “put into a state.” Enable literally means to make something able – to give (someone or something) the authority or means to do something. Among the list of root words that ‘en’ modifies are a number of concepts that are very interesting on their own right. Courage is one