Often – when talking about myself – I will use words like – ‘stubborn’ – or – ‘determined’ – more often than not – in the context of how I deal with the pain and limitations that my body causes me.

For instance – I simply will not give in easily – and will ‘stubbornly’ struggle with a task – even when help is offered to me. I am ‘determined’ to push through – to do as much as I can – without giving in.

I guess these traits are not all bad – but – thinking about it the other day – made me wonder if that is the way I am perceived – the way others may describe me – when in fact – a single word can surely never do that.

I found this quote interesting – “Never oversimplify yourself – by using a single word – or category – to describe who you are – take the time – to tell your story”.

Over the years – I would probably have used other words to describe myself – depending on so many things. For as life has unfolded – I have displayed many different traits – some better than others too I guess.

And so – to get a true picture of who I am – I need to ‘tell my story’ – to include all that life has presented to me – for that is what has made me fully who I am.

No label can truly do that – and in fact – as someone says here – “To define yourself – is to limit yourself. Without labels – you remain the infinite being”.

Yet – it’s so interesting how we use language to seek to define – both ourselves and others – thus putting limits in place.

I am as guilty of that as anyone – to use language – in a way of defining others – and so often – without knowing who they truly are – or of hearing their full story.

So – in a sense – I am classifying them – without recognising their uniqueness – and originality.

This all leads me to be thankful – that no word can actually define me – and to agree with – and claim this quote – “It there’s no word in any known vocabulary – to encapsulate me – that just means that language can’t define me. A label can’t hold me. I’m beyond classification. I’m an original. I’m – ‘Undocumented“

And I love that thought – and maybe – need to stop using the limitation of words – to seek to explain and define myself too.

Blessings – Lois