"Are you left or right leaning?"
"Are you liberal or conservative?"
"Are you logic-driven or emotion-driven?"
"Are you structured or fluid?"
Sigh.
I feel like some of us have such a strong need to label, categorize, and procedurize other human beings. We want to desperately control and strategize our interactions. We want to pre-decide when we invite conflict and when we avoid it.
Perhaps discarding these labels and boxes and playing it by ear more often might save us all some energy.
@hackiechan i agree to an extreme level. I've a tough time labeling myself and most of the times, i just don't belong to a label completely. I am bits and bits of both labels be it political leaning, sexuality or anything. I am always in between and it scares me.
@_lunawinters Label-free is the easiest way to just be, but maybe not the easiest way to be understood. :)
Maybe it's worth asking why it scares you?
@hackiechan those labels are a part of someone's personality, but when someone asks me about myself, i can't explain why i don't have a label and why i don't like one.
I feel lost in this world because everyone has something or someplace they feel connected with, i have none.
@_lunawinters Labels can and do provide an ephemeral sense of belonging to people. They give us an identity, though a static one that time can very easily erase.
You don't need a label to connect with the universe. You are already connected to it by simply existing! All you need to do is to clear the clutter and recognize that you're connected :)
I don't know if this helps right now. But consider that thought, perhaps?
