This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Even now, when it has been 30 years since I graduated from high school, it still resonates with me, especially this quote, which I think we can all admit that we do, and we can all accuse others of. It is actually a deep, thought-provoking quote, that lends credence to the fact that we don't give adolescents enough credit.
It seems easy to define people in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. It takes too much time and investment to really get to know someone, so we quickly chalk them up to a group, based on gender, race, religion, or appearance.
But we sadly miss out on the opportunity to really get to know someone. For we are much more than the bodies that the world sees. That it is only the luggage that carries my soul in this life.
And we are so much more than the labels on our luggage. Like the stickers, they only categorize us to the groups that we belong to. But do we really belong to them? Can't we be more than these groups? Can't we think outside the box?
I may be more conservative, but I don't agree with everything they say or do. I may be white, but I didn't choose that, along with having a disability, or a mental illness, or being an American. We are given these labels from the start, and no matter what we do, we can't change them.
But even though they are just labels, they get us things, or they take things away, depending on the label.
What I am saying is that I am more than my suitcase. I am more than my stickers. I am Amy Jean Hetland.
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