Cuffed to labels

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As humans, labeling things is part of our nature. We wrongfully believe that everything or everyone deserves a label including ourselves. For this reason, you’ll find that most of the time we end up giving labels to even that which we don’t understand instead of taking time to know them better. This often leads to unnecessary misinterpretation or rather wrong judgment which could have been avoided if we were patient enough to learn more about something or someone and let their true identity unfold. For you to see yourself better in a mirror you got to be patient enough to look into it introspectively rather than look into it on the run.
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Sometimes we are not what we think we are. We are not what we label ourselves since most labels result from all wrong temporary factors. When we get the wrong identity of ourselves we end up sabotaging our purpose. When we take labels we are given by people arguably there is a high chance of self-destruction.

Life is in seasons and sometimes what things seem like in one season cannot be compared to how the same things seem in another season. Today you are a caterpillar and tomorrow you might be a butterfly. The definition of things is deeper than what is seen in the physical or seen in one season. We all have different perspectives and most of the time we may wrongfully label an iceberg by looking at its tip. Wrong perspectives equals wrong interpretation which in the long run leads to wrong labeling.

 Not everything deserves to be labeled based on how they appear but by what they truly are which is not quite visible at first glance save for deeper understanding which takes time. We are made for more and always evolving with time. Who we are or what something is, is not defined by circumstances, seasons, what we do, our looks, how we dress, or any other temporary feature, but by our philosophy. The beauty of life is creating your own philosophy. Who we are is wrapped around our belief system which is a philosophy that is vital for everyone.

Wrong identity leads to wrong purpose. As Dr. Myles Munroe puts it, “When the purpose of a thing is not known abuse is inevitable”. Labeling people, things, or times based on a wrong perspective, most of the time leads to unmet expectations. Expecting what the expectant is not in a position or designed to produce.

Everything has a purpose and is only designed for nothing else but that particular purpose. When you live outside your purpose is like being in the wrong place at the right time and vice versa. Also, it can be having the right tools for the wrong job and vice versa. There’s time and there’s timing. As the Bible puts it, there’s a time to plant and a time to harvest. Planting during harvesting time is a form of misalignment. Times and seasons cannot be interpreted by how we think or how we see them but only through discernment.

 One of the worst negative effects of wrong labels is when it’s about defining the future of someone. This often occurs to kids since they don’t have the authority to decide for themselves. It can also happen to individuals who suffer from identity crises thereby letting other people have the blueprint of their lives. It becomes more tragic and disastrous when the people in charge of deciding the future of someone are applying the wrong approach. Just because someone likes watching soccer doesn’t make him/her a soccer player in the future. Some parents of today abuse their kids unknowingly in terms of purpose by defining their future wrongfully and forcing it into their throats without understanding more about them. This in the long run often forces the kids to live misaligned and waste most of their precious time instead of living a purposed life.

In conclusion, we have to believe that not everything deserves a label or to be labeled. Some will define themselves at the right time and some will need a lot of discernment to be interpreted. The only person who labels a product is the manufacturer or the maker of the product. In this case, human identity is in the hands of only its maker.

Purpose exists before something is made for it the way a problem exists before a solution. It is only the maker of a product that knows its purpose and its identity better than anyone else. This means that everything has been created for a purpose. Identity is wrapped around your purpose. To discover your purpose is to discover your identity. To discover what a thing is made for allows you to know it better. A product cannot label another fellow product. When humans label other humans, wrong identity is inevitable, because they base on what they see and what they think instead of what they are.

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