Mine and We

Youngeun Choi explains how the possessive pronoun mine is a magic word.

Meanwhile, Linda McPharlin favors another pronoun: we. Interestingly, she suggests that "'WE' can empower you to discover your own word. The word through which you will make your unique contribution to humankind to help us all reach our full potential both collectively and individually. Although there is magic in the word 'WE,' the real magic in it lies in you finding your magic word."

On the Pronoun "I"

As collectors of one-letter words and lovers of microcosms, we were tickled by this description of "I":

"More than anybody else I have always found it painful to express myself otherwise than by the pronoun I. Not that this should be taken as a sign of particular pride, but for me the word I is the structure of the world in a nutshell." —Michel Leiris, Aurora

It

It—that magical word.
—Joe McLaughlin, Pride of the Lion (2003)

The pronoun it is often ambiguous, but its power lies in its veil of obscurity. It is “a word that can mean almost anything—and perhaps the most important word” in one’s vocabulary. “Nay, more than a word, a symbol, symbolic of that one quality” vital to a practitioner. It is “not strength, not speed or endurance” but rather “something more, that little special something, that intangible, magical power” which, when added to one’s other qualities, makes one victorious.[1]

[1] Joe McLaughlin, Pride of the Lion (2003)