"Most of us have been subconsciously 'named' by at least some of the negative experiences and circumstances in our past. And going through the world knowing you're one of the unlucky ones, one of the unlovely people, can be a traumatic experience. surrounded by scandal, we live in fear that somehow even more of the things we've done, the bad things we've thought in the deep recesses of our heart, will someday show up on the Record for the whole world to read and know about. And we'll be marginalized for life."
-Rick McKinley
We all fit in the margins of society at one point of another. We feel a sense of illegitimacy because we lack something that everyone else seems to have. We feel that everyone will be able to point out that thing that makes us illegitimate the very moment they see us. We feel that way because we ourselves cannot see past that when we look in the mirror. Our past experiences seem to form us and define who we are. The world looks at us and according to our place in society and surrounding circumstances and 'names' us.
We all receive labels but we shall not be held in bondage by that. A name cannot define us. I am infinitely grateful that i do not need to be limited by what the world has to say about me. No matter what my circumstances or my background are, there will always be someone to give me hope for a better future.
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