Label the jar, not me.

Julia asked "Have you ever been labeled? Did you agree with this label, or did you try hard to resist it?"

Yes, I personally have been labeled, and in so many different ways.  I grew up being labeled, as long as I can remember, even in 1st grade I was labeled.  

The top two that I always get is the label of "military brat" and "country girl"- though these are more of stereotypes, I fit them.  

But all the times I have been labeled, I just shake it off.  I am who I am, and if I wasn't, then who would I be?  The components that people label me as don't define me, they simply add to who I am as a whole- and why to resist what I am?

"I will not be labeled as average" was said by Rachel Joy Scott before she was shot in the Columbine shootings, and I agree with her.  The label of average is the only one I will never accept.

My question to you is why do you think that people feel the need to label people?  What is the point of it?