I’m not really sure how I should start this off, considering that in today’s society a simple word can offend someone. And that’s not what I’m here to do, I’m just trying to understand how it came to this. How individuals get upset or offended based on adjectives that someone decided, “hey this is going to be a word now” and then I can also see how someone would have those feelings depending on the context of those adjectives.

The world is peculiar in that way. We all have our views or opinions, whatever they may be, and if someone doesn’t share in those same feelings, then they’re automatically against you. Yes, the world seems to be melodramatic, don’t you think?

We need to remember that society is always changing. It changes with every generation, and it also changes based on major events that happen; it’s just always evolving. And with this ever evolving cycle, people should be coming together, not grow further and further apart.

But instead, people blame each other for their misfortunes and bad experiences that they may face in their lifetime. But what society fails to blame is themselves and their one sided opinions that shape everything in their lives.

The fact of the matter is that we ‘label’ EVERYTHING. We’re labeled by our sizes, our genders, our skin colors, our social class, our political parties, even our religion…and for what? Why do we continue to draw wedges between human beings? And with all the chaos surrounding these labels, I ask myself, why do we label these things?

To me it’s just not necessary, these labels are used to classify us, to define us. Why can’t we just call ourselves human beings, who happen to be different and have unique traits? Why put such a huge emphasis on those things that cause turmoil amongst us…

You’re probably thinking, this girl is crazy, we need labels in society…and yes I agree some labels are important for various reasons, but not when they’re dividing everyone from one another.

The point I’m trying to make is very straight forward. We as human beings, regardless of our labels, are and will always be human beings. That’s something that connects us all, it’s something that we share and will always share.

We need to overcome these labels…these prejudices that society has told us we should have. We’re so caught up in our own one sided minds that we are forgetting to form an opinion of someone based on their character, them as being a good or bad human being. Not by judging someone based on a label that someone decided defined a group of people.

It’s time for everyone to take a step back, open your eyes and see what’s going on around you. Realize that life is too short to have hate towards people who are labeled something that you don’t like. There’s that phrase that says ‘Don’t judge a book by its’ cover’, the same thing applies to people. Being a truly good person starts with you. You have the power to make society better, it’s time we as human beings start doing that.