By what labels are you defined?

We all tend to label our children, family, friends and even those we don’t like.  It seems to be the way of life but too often those label are mean and hurtful which results in leaving some people to feel inferior. In our society labels are attached to everything and everyone in order to categorize people, places or things in a systemized manner.  I think that labeling is deliberately used to put someone in their place as it attempts to put down and weaken their character.  In the simplest sense it is judging others and making assumptions about them that may not be true. 

Wrong labels can keep you from fulfilling your destiny in the long term but they also stop you from even trying in the short term.  I recently heard a motivation speaker say: “If you are still breathing, you are here and if you are still here then there must be something for you to do before you die. So stop living your life through the eyes of others and begin to make a statement about who you are and what you choose to accomplish.”

We all have the power to make choices for our lives.  We can listen to the ways of the enemy who fights your mind and attempts to make you feel inferior so you continually doubt your talents and capabilities, or you can stand tall and profess that you have special gifts and talents that you were born with and through those gifts and talents you will invest your time and energy in them and make them grow and grow until your life is abundant and fulfilled.

If you are smart enough to remove the labels that other’s have put on you, you will become what you want to be.

If you accept the labels that other place on you, you are willingly giving your power over to another.  You are the only one who can remove that label.  No one else knows or understands your potentiality and you are the one who has the power to make that change. Always remember this statementàthe labels that others place on you are their expectations and goals.  Have you noticed that it is the low expectations of others that appear to be what is holding back so many people? 

Don’t sell yourself short! It is your responsibility to define yourself so that others will know you for your true self.  Don’t be misrepresented or mislead by others. When you believe in yourself and your talents, all things are possible and when you believe, you begin to move in the right direction

Take off the old labels of lack, of I can’t – I am not good enough, I am not smart enough because I haven’t had the right education.  You are not an accident---you have been made in the image and likeness of GOD.  If you are one of those people who have felt the burden of being labeled by others, I want you to know that it is time for you to recreate your life as you re-focus your energy.  How you might ask—by making a list of positive labels that you want to be known for.  You have the power to re-direct your compass and change the direction of your path.  Don’t allow others to dictate who you are, instead cultivate a different attitude—believe in the way that God sees you and start making a positive shift in your life. 

Nothing that has happened in your past can stop you from fulfilling your destiny.  Quit dwelling on what others have said and start flexing your mental muscles as you become mentally and emotionally stronger.  Start today to build up your endurance level because you will need a great deal of courage to push through the past.  Think about this a moment—if God knows what you can become, don’t you think he can see your future and your reason for being? 

  

Joan Marie Ambrose

Author, Creative Writer, Motivational Speaker