Most of us have heard or seen the saying that we are who we think we are. Now I don’t want to scare you but when we look a little below the surface of the life we are living, it is entirely possible that our life reflects our thoughts both positive and negative. Can we, through our constant thoughts, actually create success, failure, sickness, abundance and everything else we experience in our time here? I strongly suspect that this is exactly what we do.

Given those random thoughts, I wonder if we could be more intentional about what we create for ourselves and how might we do this in a way that could be both fun and effective? Like many of you, when I begin to ponder things, interesting stuff begins to show up in my life. A few days ago, I received some information that began to focus my thought waves into the idea of forming a thought or mantra that I could carry through the next year. The possibility of intentionally choosing a word to guide me through the next 12 months is very interesting and appealing.

So, I invite you to join me in taking a few minutes (we all have lots of those this year) to ponder your word for next year. Think of it this way; your word will be like a filter through which you will funnel your decisions, plans, and actions to guide you in your life. Now lets have a little fun with this – when you have chosen your word, add a comment to this post with your word. You don’t have to justify or explain yourself, unless you want to. Add your word in a comment and please, feel free to share this post with your family, friends, social networks – let’s offer this idea to other people so they can live next year with intention, purpose and success.

You might want to create some signs around your house or workspace with your word on it to remind you as you go about your day. I have added a list of words as inspiration but you don’t need to choose one of these if you have a better one. Later this week, I will add a comment with the word I choose as well.

My hope is that you have an incredible 2021.

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