I've been thinking a lot about the labels we use to describe ourselves and the titles or descriptors other people use in relation to us. Just for fun, try this... make a list of all the words, names, roles that you have heard in reference to you over the last month. I tried it, here's what I came up with:
Mother
Daughter
Divorcee
Crazy
Funny
Single mom
Inspirational
Secretary (imagine how much I enjoyed that one)
Guru
Manager
Single mom
Mean
Too nice (yes, I see that dichotomy too)
Leader
Coach
Off the deep end
Half of those, I'm not okay with for different reasons. They are more than just the words, our society has associated meanings with each of those words. Do we allow these labels and words to define who we are?
OR is who are much more elemental and divine?
What if you strip away all the exterior and superficial labels? What if you get right to the heart of who you are? Then what would you see?
At an elemental level, I am...
A Goddess in Training
Spirit
Divine
Love in action
Mother
Keeper of Truth
Light
From now on, when I hear an artificial label, I am going to play social amnesia and replace it with one of these. And always remember who I am.
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