Why defining yourself by one thing can hurt you

You are not your job, your role, your responsibilities, your achievements, your past, your relationship, your body, your mind, your personality, your present emotion, your pain, your experiences, your struggles, your productivity levels, or other people’s opinions or expectations of you.

You are so much more: you are a human being who is full of love, who is unique and layered and multifaceted, teeming with beautiful and good qualities, someone who has so much to share with the world through your very being. You are full of possibilities, with so much within you to uncover, explore and learn about.

You are not a limited self, either: you are an important part of this world, interconnected with people and communities and nature and all of humanity.

Any time you catch yourself operating under a limited definition of who you are, remind yourself: you are so, so much more.