I realize it’s only human nature that makes us feel like we have to categorize the world around us, but we should only do this with objects. I believe that we are all constantly evolving as people with each experience life throws at us. Labels only put people in a box and leave no room for change. People should be free to change their minds and live life on their own terms. The only person who can define you is you. No one has the right to pigeon hole you into one thing. In my lifetime, I have been given several labels and most of them could not have been more further from the truth.
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Very true! When I was younger I was labeled, “shy,” “ugly,” “prude,” etc. But now people call me quite the opposite, they can’t get me to shut up! Haha. You never which experience in life will make a person change for the better or for the worst.
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I completely agree! Ironically, I was labeled all of the things you mentioned as well. Only people still describe me as shy . I think labels do more damage than good. I learned over time to not let others define me and just live life on my own terms.
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I think if you repetitively call a child “stupid,” as they are growing up chances are they are not going to turn out to be smart because they believed what they heard all their life, words are powerful.
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Just like the saying “when a lie is repeated too often, it becomes the truth”. When you label someone by calking them say ‘stupid’ often, they tend to do stupid things and not worry about the consequences.
While we are encouraging people not to label others, I think we should educate them not to get trapped in a box. They should enjoy the freedom of jumping from one box to another and not worry about how they are being defined cos 70% of the time, the one who defines another is simply defining himself/ herself.
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Completely agree with you. I would even argue that positive labels can be detrimental as well. I have always been the “good child” and whenever I made a mistake or did something wrong it was like the end of the world. We all make mistakes, but I definitely felt like mine were heightened because I didn’t make them very often. I also felt pressured to be the perfect child everyone believed me to be. Over time that crown became too heavy to hold.
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