I have been thinking a ton about the artists program I’m putting together in Assisi and my spiritual pilgrimage to Taizé. Of course, it brought back great memories of my last trip to the monastery and a conversation a friend and I had over a pint of Guinness:
What's Yours?
Sam: “You do a lot of sh*t, Nae. I am not sure if you sleep.”
Me: “Of course, I sleep. Didn’t you have to wake me up this morning?”
Sam: “Yeah, but how do you tell people what you do and who you are?”
Me: “I believe that we can sum up who we are in one word. Sooo….what’s yours?”
Though I won’t go into our answers, I still firmly believe this. As Americans, we put a lot of emphasis on what we do instead of who we are and what we believe. Isn’t who we are and what we stand for more important than what we do for work (unless you are completely aligned with doing what you love)?
People connect with people, not tasks or jobs. So, I figured I would reach out to some of my Facebook peeps and see who they are. Which one word represents each of them. Here are some of their answers:
Mark Madsen: Ludicrous.
Christina Leidecker: Independent
Stephanie Bertrand: Survivor
James Ligoretti: Sensitive
Todd Randolph: Pulchritudinous
Anne Jarek: Obnoxious
Roberto Toledo: Mexican
Freddie Tanon: Loyal
Gabriel Peñaloza: Imperfect
Alisa Innocenti Garin: Dedicated
Janis Miller: Joyful! 
Karl Baehr: Flagrant
Julia Khaw Sullivan: Zoe! No better motivation than a 1 year old!
Valerie L. Solli: *Resilient*
Joanne Dougan: Unusual.
John Meneses: Innovator
Stacy Skrebis Lane: Loyal
Candace Lynn Scott: Friend
Andrew Clark: Correct
Chris Connell: Assiduous
Yok S Hoo: Illiterate- since I had to look up Assiduous and its definition
Carol Goneau: Love this question, and Love is my answer.
Tracy Lee Carroll: Strong
Kelly Brilliant: Curious
Andras Pellionisz: Original
Todd Everingham: Inspired
Shelly Cassel: Creative
Alicia C. Staley: HAPPY
Dian Dulberger: Brassy
Richard Ozanne: Perspicacity!
Rick Littrell: Adventuresome
Eileen Scully: Passionate!
So……what’s yours?
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I had coffee with @fairminder today and when I asked him his word, he said “spirit.” Such a great word. What’s yours?
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