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What is a Label and What’s it For? ☕

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Words are creative—they don’t just distinguish one thing from another, they guide interactions.

What would you call the thing this symbol "☕" represents? A coffee cup? A pen holder (being misused)? A bludgeon? Pottery—art? A collection of atoms? A rorschach? A cultural, historical artifact?

None of these labels is false. None is even that weird. But the label we choose has a decisive effect on what we do with the item. And that changes our world.

It’s in this spirit that I invite you to look at how you use the word “trauma”. How does the label prescribe what to do and not do with the experience it describes? What other choices might you have, and how can that change your world? What options turn you toward love?

 

With love, Jordan

 

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