Labels Can Be Limiting

"If you label me, you negate me."
Soren Kierkegaard

A nineteenth century philosopher, Kierkegaard works focused on personal choices and commitment. This quote in particular has stayed with me over the years. Labeling can be a very limiting behavior. By assigning a label to ourselves and other, we in reality can be limiting ourselves and others.

Being aware of behaviors, now that seems to be more appropriate. Consider a person who achieved success in acting and then become successful in dealing with paralysis after a devastating accident - Christopher Reeves. His label didn't make him successful. His choices and behaviors did that.

I believe it is healthier for us to consider actions and behaviors. Valuing what we can see and relate to is certainly much more significant than ascribing a label that quite honestly is just that - a label and can really be very limiting.

The person who chooses to live with little or no possessions and can live on the streets may in reality have made a conscious choice to live humbly.

Promoting Health & Wealth - To Love in the Flow

To Love, is the component of the Wheels of Life that I perhaps sadly have taken for granted. Assessing how one shows family that they are appreciated and loved for me becomes perhaps the most challenging all. Treating those closest to me with total love, appreciation and respect needs to be on their terms as well as mine.

"Seek first to understand and then be understood." is a quote that helps me in my work. But, I am not so sure that I keep these words close to my heart as I flow in life with those the most important to me. Therefore I need to review this element of the wheels of life with the greatest discernment.

Family

How am I currently behaving to ensure that my family sees Love is front and foremost as I move towards my dreams and aspirations in my life and work?
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What am I doing that limits my closest relationships and fails to help them see, feel and hear my love?
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What habits will I need to change, modify, eliminate or enhance in order to enhance this family element of my wheel of life?
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Investing this time to assess our personal relationships is invaluable. This element is a great source for strength and success, even if it doesn't always seem that way.

What do you think?

All the best in health and wealth,

Laura