The Labels We Wear: When Being Human Is Enough

We are creatures of meaning. We are storytellers, myth-makers, survivors of chaos, seeking identity in a world that often doesn’t offer one freely. In that void, we create labels—sometimes out of hope, sometimes out of ego, sometimes as armor.

But the more I deconstruct the religious, cultural, and social frameworks that once held my identity together, the more I recognize how often those labels are just scaffolding. Temporary supports for a soul trying to remember what it means to be whole.

The Labels We Wear

The “Divine Feminine.”

The “Divine Masculine.”

“Chosen.”

“Starseed.”

“Israelite.”

“Queen.”

“Woke.”

“Alpha Male.”

“Lightworker.”

“High Value Woman.”

“Indigo Child.”

“African Royalty.”

Even “Empath” and “Healer” have become badges people wear—not as reflections of internal truth, but as attempts to signal worth in a world that constantly tells us we’re not enough without some myth attached.

When I see Black folks rejecting “African” in favor of “Israelite,” I hear echoes of colonial and religious trauma. When women must call themselves “Divine” to be respected in their femininity, I hear the desperation of a gender long objectified and dismissed. When men insist on “Alpha” energy, I see boys once unloved trying to craft a persona that feels untouchable.

Searching for Value in a System That Took It From Us

I don’t write this in judgment. I write this in grief. We have all been shaped by systems—white supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, religious imperialism—that stripped us of intrinsic value and then sold it back to us in pieces.

We were told we were nothing unless we conformed, converted, achieved, ascended.

And so we started collecting labels. Climbing back toward worthiness with whatever we could find. But like building a tower of Jenga blocks, each identity added makes the whole structure shakier—especially when it’s based on performance, exclusion, or superiority over others.

To Be Human Is Enough

My friend and co-author (book forth coming!), Robert Peoples—founder of Robert Affinis  says it best:

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“To be human is enough.”

Those five words undo centuries of indoctrination.

They strip away the false hierarchy of races, religions, energies, and titles.

They erase the lie that we must earn our humanity through obedience or spiritual enlightenment.

They remind us that our dignity does not depend on how rare, divine, or chosen we are.

We matter because we exist.

Unlearning the Need to Be Special

Deconstruction is about unlearning—peeling back the layers of doctrine, dogma, and identity to find the core. And at that core is not a savior or an ancestor or a galaxy we were born under. At that core is a human being.

You. Me.

Messy, beautiful, limited, radiant.

Still learning. Still enough.

You don’t need to be a goddess to be respected.

You don’t need to be a king to be powerful.

You don’t need to be chosen to be worthy of love.

You are already sacred—not because of some celestial lineage, but because you are human.

The New Narrative

Let’s stop grasping for titles that make us more than others, and instead embrace a humanity that makes us equal.

Let’s honor our roots—our ancestors, our cultures, our pain—without needing them to be holier or more ancient than someone else’s.

Let’s see ourselves not as chosen, but as choosing. Choosing empathy. Choosing truth.

Choosing to deconstruct the illusion that we must become more to matter more.

Because to be human is enough.

And that, my friends, is where the real power begins.

Caveat:

You have every right to describe yourself in any way that feels true and empowering—whether that’s mystic, healer, divine feminine, or chosen.

Be proud of who you are and how you show up in the world. Just make sure your value isn’t dependent on those labels. You are worthy without the title. You are enough without the costume. Let your identity be an expression—not a condition—for your worth.