Who am i..?

Its blatently a hugely philisophical question, and im not even gonna try to answer it, but being annoyingly interested in socioligy and psycology (Even though i cant spell them =P), I notice the crap which im about to write about =P.




Who are we?



In terms of who am i, we normally bring up some sort of label to explain ourselves most in the fewest words.





Three words to describe myself a few months ago, would include, Emo, Christain, depressed.



I would have said these without heasitation. Those three words sum up who I am. Im a person with low self esteem who struggles with dealing with things, but i have a heart for God however much i dont like what people do in his name, and I dont particularly like life but im getting on with it. Surviving.




The thing is though, do we label ourselves them because it sums us up, or does what we sum up result in a label?


Ugly has been my label for an extremly long time. I was given the label, but i rarely wear it any more. It was by being given this label, which made me so. Does that make sense?


The only way to describe what im pictureing in my head at the moment, is with cardboard testimonies. I'll try to remember to put the link at the bottom, but still. People come out on stage showing one side of a peice of cardboard, on which is written something deeply personal, a label about who they were. They flip it over and show who they are now, brighter, happier labels.


OHHHHH THERES A DIFFERENT YOUTUBE VID! Hold on ill try to find the one i mean =P




Im not typing this with a christian message, its just this vid comes with one =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl4Vc3MKTvg
But do you see?

The labels from other people go to her.

She ends up carrying those labels becase they are what she is given and deals with.

I was labelled Emo.

And i think it helped me to become one, because i knew people would continue to accept me if they already thought i was one.

Does that make sense?

Its like my hatred of stereotypes. If theyre not positive, i try not to use them. We change who people are by how we tell them we percive them.

But what if we give ourselves these labels?

Or re-wear them?

We have to redefine ourselves.

Change who we are for the better.

Realise what labels we've carried for too long and get rid of them.

People want to give them back? Tough. theyre gone =)

So who am i now?Im three things.Im a girlfriend, a christ follower, and an extremly happy girl.