What is your favourite word?

This morning an interesting question came to my mind. I asked myself, “What is your favourite word?” Our favourite word is the one that makes us vibrate inside with excitement, lifts our spirits to hear it and we want to live our lives by it.

The answer to the question for me is actually a term, made up of two words- ‘personal growth’. I knew I had the right answer for me because I did experience a delightful shiver down my spine thinking about it!

Our favourite word, or term, can guide our lives in the right direction. There is a workshop that I love to facilitate called The Bigger Game. (www.biggergame.com) Co-founder Rick Tamlyn says, “Where you put your attention designs your life.” When I first heard that sentence 12 years ago, I didn’t understand it. But now I think I do, and combining that with our favourite word, I think today that if we put our attention on our favourite word, trying our best to live according to it, our life will become one that is personally very exciting and satisfying to us. Conversely, at times when we feel blah and blue, we could say our favourite word to ourselves and see if there is a way to bring more of it into our life that day. I have found, even during this pandemic, that if I choose to focus on facilitating a little personal growth to happen either for myself, another individual, or for a group, my mood immediately picks up, as well as my level of hope.

What is your favourite word/term today? Are you allowing it to design your life?