The Good and Bad of Labels

Labels… labels can be good things but also they can be bad. We label people and reduce them to something they likely are not. People put labels on us and we have to work hard to prove the label wrong. But we need to label things in order to handle them. It’s impossible to deal with something until it’s been named or labelled. We must be careful though in giving names and labels to things when we’re not sure. It can cause damage. 

We can label someone as bad when maybe they’re just misunderstood. We can label someone by one single mistake they’ve made. Be careful in applying labels to people you’re close to, because it becomes the lens through which your whole relationship is viewed.