In this world, we are taught to wear different “hats.” A mother is a mother, yes, but she may also be a worker, a wife, and a singer. While a child is a child, they may also be a sibling, a student, and an athlete. These are general examples, but what I’m saying is that we cannot be defined by just one title, one label, one “hat”: it seems unfair to have to choose what hat to wear in a given place and time under varying circumstances. We are told when we can play which role. We are told when we can and cannot wear the hats of our choice, so my question is this: Why can’t we have just one hat?

Why are we taught to be different people at different times? The most successful people are the ones who are open books. The ones who are connected in everything they do, the ones who wear one permanent hat that is everything they are. The ones who are so willing to share themselves with the world, it might even pain them to do so, yet they know it’s right. It’s real. It’s raw. It’s what they want, and what others need. It isn’t always about us. We have to exhale the energy to inspire and inhale the energy to be inspired. Life is meaningful, and a different hat every day represents a surfaced existence. Who you are on Monday isn’t different than who you are on Tuesday. People change and grow, but our basis of living remains the same. We don’t need to pick and choose hats to wear because we just always are.

Just being comes with a sense of connection. Our feet must be deeply rooted on the ground because we are connected to this universe. We’re connected to the people around us, the people far away from us, the world of spirit, the world of flesh, to places from our past, where we are, and where we have not yet been, we connected. The paths we take, the decisions we make, the people we meet, and who we become as individuals are intertwined. Actions affect actions as fate unravels, and humans, the earth, and our entire surroundings are meant to be seen, heard, analyzed, questioned, experienced and lived. Being in touch with these senses is difficult when we are trying to figure out what hat to wear.

We must learn to thrive off of energy, find passion in small things, and actually, see people when we look at them. We should live with such an abundance of love that translates into the physical beating of our hearts. We should vibrant personalities, and embrace radiating energy. Life is an illustration of our lines crossing, and the reality of living in a process without being focused on the product. Evolving, learning, growing and exploring every day. We live in between all that we have been, all that we are, and all that we want to be. We are hazy, blurry, beautiful human beings, who refuse to be refined to one shape, one label and one hat. We all have multiple hats, but only one is the perfect fit.