Labels
I have had this blog now for about 8 years It began as a recovery journal and has evolved into a space for poetry positive thoughts and how yoga was the catalyst for my healing but it is no longer about my destruction My identity is not the many diagnoses I have procured throughout the years I am not anorexic or a PTSD acronym depressed or suicidal I am not manic or bi-polar I am not a label I am a person... sometimes happy and sometimes sad I am scared, overwhelmed, giddy, and devastated I am human I am joyful, and insecure doubtful, and filled with hope... We are all a kaleidoscope of brilliant colors and when our colors radiate out the magnificence blinds me My identity is more complex than all of those meaningless descriptors and yet we can easily allow ourselves to become trapped inside of empty boxes We begin to wear these labels as an excuse and although ...