Labeling is for clothes not people

   I was listening to the song "I am not my hair" by India Arie earlier when the idea of this post came to me. Many times we have been called names and  labeled things we know deep inside that we aren't. The big people are called lazy, the skinny people are anorexic, you dress good they say you are a show off and when you are open minded and confident you are called proud.  Follow me and click the link below and let me share a very short story with you guys...

 
      I had a friend who was on the bigger side in size, a very lively and jolly girl but the problem was that she got easily depressed by the way people always referred to her as a lazy girl because of her size. She complained that ever since she was younger that she had been called all sorts of names by friends and strangers, from "fatty bom-bom" to balloon just think of it all. In my own personal opinion although I do admit she was a plus size but it was not really that bad, and I guess knowing how kind she was on the inside and how caring she could be I could never bring myself to understand how people judged her so much from afar. She was far from lazy from what I observed and although she had difficulty keeping up with some rigorous exercises, I never saw it as a sign of laziness because I knew people that where far slimmer than her but never had the strength to do half the things she did.
     
             Not everybody who carries dread locks smokes weed, not everyone who rocks a Mohawk is a wayward person and not everybody that is fat that is lazy. If a girl wears sneakers instead of heels it doesn't make her a lesbian or any less a lady and if a guy doesn't watch football there's a big chance that he isn't gay it could be that  he just doesn't like the sport. A person who wears good clothes and likes expensive thing isn't always a show-off and girls who carry expensive weaves aren't always late night workers or runs girls looking for a man to catch. All that matters is what is on the inside.
          I would really love for my friend who get's really concerned for the way he would be looked at when he goes to work just because of he's unique fashion style to wake up in the morning and not spend hours searching through he's wardrobe for what to wear in order to avoid judgement. We could be really surprised about how wrong our opinions of a particular person could be if we could get closer and get to know them more instead of concluding from afar.So let's try and leave the labeling for the clothing companies and also try to stop with the judgement. If you are a victim then never let the words they use on you define you. Don't let words tear you down, be strong! If you know what you do is morally right and hurts nobody in anyway then I believe that is all that matters, you are born to be different from others so be you and pay not attention to the labels.