Of Labels And Identity

Of labels and identity
   'I am' is a powerful statement. 'I am'/'you are' can explain and label a variety of things, including emotions, vocations, lineage and culture, ailments, etc. But, simply saying “I am’ without the need of anything else taps into your true self, the Divine soul expressed inside. Because all those things describe your physical body, and often limit you as a infinitely beautiful soul.

These labels often get confused with our sense of self, of restrict us from learning about our potential entirely. 

    

 Also, consider the labels others use to describe you.. Do you come to accept them as part of yourself, without really examining them, or even realizing that they are just that person’s limited point of view, as dictated by their life’s experiences, beliefs, upbringing, etc? 

What happens when you are no longer what you've come to identify with? Do you experience the crisis of identity? Is it possible for you to move on from that and grow into your being, or do you hopelessly hold onto that label. Causing yourself stress and anxiety? 

Here, I express the labels I've heard about myself, or those that I've given myself for years, the stories attached to them, and those that hindered my growth. 

When we strip away all of these words, we are bare and  more vulnerable. It can be scary, but also liberating. And When we remove the labels we give others, we are forced to really ’see’ them just as they are.  Without preconceived notions, judgments, boxes, or labels. 

                      Open your eyes. See with your heart.

I am/not

  

( Not to be confused with ‘‘Is/not”, written by the brilliant Margaret Atwood )

I am

Water of the streams

Particle of the stars

Breath of the Divine

Roots in the Earth

Fire in my belly

                         I am

I am not:

Lazy, broken, or incomplete

I am not half of a whole

A doormat, 

Without purpose or drive or focus

I am:

 woven in the blanket of my ancestors

Your ancestors

A fine thread indeed

connected in this great web of life

A living expression of the Goddess and God
   I am

I am not:

Too Sensitive

Unworthy of respect or care or kindness 

Nor am I a sinner, or savior, nor needing saved

I will not go elsewhere to ‘find myself’

I am not lost

  I am right here

                     I am

I am the morning dew

The willow leaves

The evening fog

The comfort of the campfire

Breath of  Gaia

            I AM

     

I am
shining stardust
         I am

More than you percieve
I am
a river of emotion
I am
the dance of the Divine

                

                 I am

Inbetween

  

Inbetween


Inbetween- where you will find the fairies,
the mermaids, the dryads.
And this is where you will find her.
Is she a changeling, you ask?
Was she switched at birth, so a human child could be taken,
To the thinnest veil of existence?

She is so often between worlds, times, places, faces, and feelings.
A human body with a restless spirit,
Not of this world,
But a world between.

Hope and heart, Mind and soul,
Have little meaning when you put force to them.
Can someone truly understand a spirit such as hers?
To dance in the palest moonlight, and sings songs to the trees.
To whisper secrets to the streams, and delight at the humming of bees.

Inbetween what she once was, and who she is,
Between love and fear,
Girl and woman,
Free and shackled.

Hope and heart
Mind and soul
Have little meaning when you force them
Or When you take them separately.
She demands and admires respect.
Ask for permission, and share in the beauty of it all.
For this is the way of her kindred,
And the spirits inbetween.