We hear labels every day. “I’m a vegan. I’m a liberal. You’re crazy. You’re old-fashioned.” While labels can be helpful to some degree, they become destructive when we treat people poorly BECAUSE of the label we’ve given them. We often label people in an attempt to justify why we mistreat them. We see people as their label instead of seeing them as people. We’ve forgotten to communicate in hopes of UNDERSTANDING other human beings, and instead we communicate just to RESPOND. This is toxic. This will lead to hate, which leads to danger and death. If we do not become responsible for the way we interact with and treat others, we will (subconsciously, perhaps) add more hate to this world. And right now, all we need is love. Please, don’t let these labels divide us. We’re only human and we desperately need to connect with each other.