LetsTalk About the Madness of Labels!

Think of all the things others label you as- good, bad or neither. Here's my list: girl, English, white, dancer, student, singer, spiritual etc.. 

Now if you change your list or completely delete it, who are you? Are you different? Someone else? I believe the essence of who you are stays the same. Our very being is not determined by these things so why should our identities?

This probably makes no sense right now and maybe I am going to deep into this but, grab your snorkel because it's too late now! An example... My name is Amelia but I am not Amelia, there's more to me than that. I could be called Helen or Moonrider and nothing would be different. Sure that is just my name and something like religion is much more than that. It might change your actions and choices and where you end up in life. However stripping away all of these layers and names, we are just flesh and bone so why can't we just be? Why must we name something before we feel it, do it or own it? 

Gay wasn't a problem until straight people made it so and Muslim wasn't a bad word until terrorists changed it and non-muslims didn't understand it. I just so believe in the phrase live and let live. As long as it's inside the law what does it really matter what we do in this crazy universe anyway!

Because I am not a dancer, I'm not English, I am not even straight or white. I am just a being that enjoys dancing, lives in England, likes boys and has white skin. These are facts and not ME. If one changes or grows or leaves, my self is not affected. Labels breed hate and confusion and separation and I don't want to get so hung up on whether something has a name or if others have it too. I just want to feel it and be it and live it. 

I think the picture below describes it better than I do...