Labels

We are identified with labels.

We identify with things people tell us. We identify with what we tell ourselves.

We identify with these concepts that we believe keep us safe.

We hide within these labels.

We justify our insane, neurotic behavior with these labels.

We point our fingers at the world through these labels.

In the end, if we hold on to these labels, we remain small, weak, unfulfilled, and hurt. We remain victims. We remain in a self-created prison of labels, each one a concept.

All we get, is to be right about who we think we are. We get to be right about the labels we have stuck on ourselves that we cling to.

We may even attract a group of similar minded people who cluster about us to reinforce our labels.

But we never taste freedom. We never experience ourselves as powerful.

People who challenge our labels are argued with or avoided. We argue against our freedom and power.

What are labels? They are who we think we are. A depressed person. An anxious person. A broken person. A hurt person. An unloveable person.

In my experience I have found that all labels are false.

Avoid labels.