It has been a hot minute since I’ve participated in a FMF writing prompt, but when the mind finds itself wide awake at 2:30 a.m. on a Friday, I have to guess it really wants to… (You can join in and link up here, or just check out the other writers who are participating!)
There are relationships in our lives where, to the other person, we often become less of an individual and more merely a title of how they feel to call us. No longer do our identities belong to those pieces of life which make us. Instead we grow, within their heads, to the villainous character they desperately need for us to be, validating their own inadequacies.
We all have the possibility of such construction, no one is except from the label creations or the being created non-consensually. Suddenly, beyond a beating heart, a mind and a flawed human being, we simply become the whatever.
This insult.
The bitch.
The whore.
The parent.
The wife.
The bad guy.
the liar.
The one.
The blame.
The name…
Often we fail to comprehend the damage we can cause by giving name to a negative thought regarding someone. To anyone really, including ourselves. Negative thoughts happen, we’re human- it’s life… But once we allow ourselves to give birth to reducing an entire person into a neatly labeled, ugly little box, things change. Toxicity sets in and decay is inevitable. Perceptions change, our ability to dwell in reality changes. We change…
Sometimes life is hard. (most times, actually) There are days we wake up ready to run the race, face the music, suit up for the fight of it- other times we don’t. These are the moments we are most at risk of ourselves, these are the times when we need to embrace the courage to process through a moment, through a thought, through a feeling and then be completely honest with ourselves. Avoid the naming, avoid the box. While it’s easy to embrace the name-game today because it balms our spirit for a moment- the grave reality is far darker, later on.
It is so much harder to undo something that never had to be done.
Rainy Day in May... 
What a great take on the word and words to live by for sure! This was an uplifting read.
You’re so sweet! It felt the opposite of uplifting!
How very true. Makes me want to be sure I never do this to someone, especially in a negative context.
it cam be hard, when we might be in a dark time in our lives, to remain mindful and intentional, but oh the price is so much less later if we do! Thanks for reading!
So true, we may have negative thoughts at times but we can avoid turning it into a label. I hadn’t thought about it like that before but there is a difference!