LOSE THOSE LABELS

I have just returned from a fabulous week in Provence. Really relaxing, no emails, no phone calls - wonderful.

My laptop came with me, but purely for the purpose of letting the boys watch DVDs on the Eurostar. In that beautiful, sunny, cut-off world, I took the chance to catch up on some reading.

One of the books I read was "You'll See it When You Believe it!" by Dr.Wayne Dyer. It's an excellent book, full of fascinating and thought provoking statements which make you challenge your own behaviour. Recently I've taken to jotting down interesting sentences and concepts as I read and believe me, this book really kept me scribbling.

One of the concepts I enjoyed was that of labels.
What labels do you apply to yourself ?
I guess mine would include - female, white, British, heterosexual, doctor, life coach, mother, football fan, socialist, forty-something..... How about you?

But labels can be so divisive. We are all so much more than any labels can ever convey and more importantly, labelling ourselves as one thing sets us apart from others who have a different one. Lables make us look for the differences between us, rather than looking for the sameness. As Dyer puts it, the Universe = "one song" and we are all parts of one whole.

So next time you think about giving yourself, or someone else, a label - think again.
Think not about how they differ from you but instead look for what connects you both to the greater whole.