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The Power of a Word
Pick any word. Focus on it for a month. See where it leads you.
Joy is my word for 2020.
Renew is my word for February.
Balance is my word for this week.
Those words serve as a focus, lenses through which to see the world. Signs to pay attention to.
But you actually have to work with those words.
Here’s how I do it.
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Find a picture that represents your word(s) to you. The picture at the beginning of this post was found by searching for all three of my current words “joy renew balance” on Unsplash.com. I just scrolled through the results until one spoke to me.
Write a story about the picture that you found. Make sure you use your word(s) at least once in the story. Take your time. I’ll be writing the story of the picture I chose today. Perhaps it will be my Medium post tomorrow. The Story of a Girl.
Chant the word(s) on a set of prayer beads daily. I have a LOT of sets of prayer beads. Various malas and Catholic rosaries. I have one set that I made, it’s white howlite and lava rock with a silver hummingbird skull for a focal charm. Mala-style, 108 beads, and chanting a three-word phrase takes about 10 minutes. So I do that daily. This…
