Stop trying to define me! Moulding me, putting me in a box. If I want to be taken seriously and if I want to be accepted, I have to watch these types of films, I have to eat this type of food, I have to conform to those norms, I have to wear these clothes, I have to read these books, drive this car, live in that area, have this job - STOP!!! Stop categorising people. Stop putting them in boxes. Stop forcing your opinion on them. Love them regardless. I look around and all I see is people labelling people, grouping them up. No, we don't associate with those types. If you like reading trashy romantic novels or gossip magazines, you're dumb - you're stupid, you don't know better. I consider myself smarter than you because I like reading the New York Times and books about forensic science. If you don't have a car - we assume that you're lazy to get your licence, or that you can't afford a car - what about it's your choice because you get along okay without one. So quick to judge, so quick to make assumptions. And I have discovered that labels are shackles. You buy into it and believe it and before long you're a prisoner living in a counterfeit world. Recently I myself made that mistake. My brother took a leap - a leap of faith and I was totally against it. I put him in a box and I didn't want him to leave his box but his passion was so strong that I didn't have any other choice but to stand back and let him fly. Maybe he'll crash, maybe he'll soar but whatever the case, I'll still be here - I'll still love him and I'll forever respect him for opening my eyes.
I think we should accept that we are all different and its okay. How boring would life be if we all lived the same in our similar houses and if we had the same ideas, read the same books, listened to the same music, eat the same food. I won't be boxed. No I REFUSE to be boxed and defined. How do you think Apartheid came to exist, sexism, homophobia. Stop labelling, stop boxing!
Changing the world, starts with you. It's not impossible. NOTHING is impossible.
