What Is Your Word?

There is a scene in Eat Pray LOVE where the characters are sitting at the table getting ready to eat Thanksgiving dinner. This scene is actually my favorite part. In this particular scene one of the characters talks about what their "word" is. He then asks Julia Roberts's character "What is your word", she says a wife and finally she says "I am a writer". The whole table erupts saying that is what you "do" not who you "are"! She sits there clueless, not knowing her word. Her friend then says "you are women searching for your word".

 

So I challenge you today to think of your word. Are you a man or a woman searching for your word? How would you describe you? Too many times we describe ourselves by our mates, or our jobs. We even say we are mothers or daughters. Yes, that is a big part of who we are, but it does NOT define us! To know your word you have to dig deep. Pull back the layers and see what's hidden there.

 

Our word can be the very thing that takes us to the next level in our life. Our word can affirm our existence and help us on own journeys. Our word is what lies in the pit of our being that we are afraid to embrace. That thing that wants to be addressed finally for the first time! It will feel so good that when you say it you will breathe fresh air! It's one word you would use to describe who you are.

 

So what is your word? What is your soul saying to you right now? It might take time, your word may come at a later time when you least expect it. I know what mine is, my word is LOVE.