Out of the Box

So...I started watching glee. A lot of people in my life seem to dislike the show. Yes, I understand because there are so many questionable things in the show. But you know what? I have actually learned a lot from it as well. The biggest lesson I have learned is well...pretty much what my title says. Let me explain. Labels and stereotypes. What's the big deal about them? Well in a glee episode that I watched recently Quinn said, "labels are what this school is all about." Ya know what? Labels and stereotypes are what America is all about! We are all about putting labels on everyone. Why? I HAVE NO CLUE! It makes me so mad to see people everywhere putting labels and judging everything that people do. What would happen if we looked past our stereotypes? What if we didn't label people? The other day I heard one guy say, "dude, he's huge, he shouldn't have a voice that high!" What? Okay yes that's just a small thing that really isn't a big deal at all but...it is a stereotype. Struggling with homosexuality people are always trying to shove stereotypes and labels on me. So i'm not interested in most of the same things other guys are interested in. What's the big deal? So, I don't like sports. Not a huge video game person. Not into lifting. But here's the thing. Where do we even get all these labels and stereotypes? Society. I'm sick of all of them! As Christians we are supposed to do the exact opposite of what society is saying. This is what they do: put you in a box. They have all these boxes and if you act a certain way or feel a certain way then you fit into that box. I realize that watching glee has kind of shown me that we can branch out. We don't have to fit into those boxes. I see that the characters are breaking out and the "popular" kids actually end up becoming "losers". They try to break the boundaries, and society throws them down. They say it's not cool to be apart of a singing group. That was me in high school. I wasn't part of the "in" crowd. So you know what? I'm done. I'm done sticking labels to people. It isn't right or fair. Not fair at all. I realize I have lived my whole life a part of labels. People tried to stick the label of "gay" to me for too long. Society tried to give me that label. But you know what? I'm not buying into that. I may be different. I may like different things, but I will not be labeled as a certain thing. I'm done being okay with what labels people give me. It's not fair that we give others these labels and you know what? I am so guilty of this. EXTREMELY GUILTY. It's not ok. I just want to encourage anyone who may read this that you don't have to fit in a box! I encourage you to be who you are in Christ. Don't buy into who society tells you, you are!