We don't grow up knowing who we are on a personal level. Instead we grow up assigning labels and adjusting to fit into or
out of those labels. We grow up underneath a plethora of "tags," causing a definite division between our self and the self
the world sees.
We are defined by the colours of our skin, who we choose to love, who we vote for, whether we are smart or pretty. Not by
who we are at our core. The core of who we are is lost in the proverbial shuffle caused by the constant need to navigate the
changing tides of pop culture.
This is why we have a generation of children who don't know who they are, a generation in crisis. A generation of cutters,
self-mutilators; children who don't know their own worth because its never been shown to them. They are constantly under
attack, labeled against their will. Not who they want to be, but who they are manifestly "destined" to be, culturally defined.
It
is time for a revolution of sorts. The revolution of the self. Its time
to decipher ourselves, ditch the labels, forget the words
that have always been used on us. Its time to choose our own words, discover our own worth. This is the time of flowering,
of bursting open and revealing the beauty inside. A face may be pretty, but it does not define the core of your humanity.
Each
of us has an essential spark and it is time for it to ignite. We are
not the stereotypes, the labels, the ridiculing voices,
the words that hit harder than any fist. We are unique. We are intelligent. We are gifted. We are stronger than we have ever
given ourselves credit for. Forget everything you've been told and delve into your self. You decide who you will be.
You decide. Not the labels. So, all the labels aside, who are you?
