What Is Your Role?

[99Phoenix99]

but a freelancer has to start somewhere, right?

Well... you already know your title! "Freelance Writer" which by the way is pretty awesome! Congrats on the position! That's amazing news! :hug:

 

[saffy]

HI

I think my role is to be a good citizen, to be considerate to others while taking care of my own needs. Show humanity to my fellow men and share a smile and be positive.

I think my role is not to hurt, abuse or judge others.

That is my role in life. Anything else is just survival, i.e work.

Best wishes
Saffy :)

 

[Loveneverfails]

Evidently there's this thing called the "Sick Role" where a person is ill and is therefore free from social standards and expectations.

I've seen people with mental illness in that role and for a long time I couldn't even imagine ever being there. But then when I was sexually assaulted and fired in the same weekend I needed some time. There were months where I laid in bed wanting to die. I lied to everyone, didn't want anyone to know how bad it was, but the few supporters I had, including my T, didn't expect anything from me except to bathe myself and keep the schedule I needed to keep for the sake of my family. I look back on that and I feel really grateful people were willing to let me be in that role, because at the time anything more would have landed me in a psych ward indefinitely.

Now I feel stronger and I'm still 'getting better'. I make progress, sometimes I stumble. Right now I'm stumbling a lot. But I feel like my role is open, that it isn't really defined because I haven't decided how I want to define it. I'm many things to different people, most especially my kids, but at the end of the day I still feel like I always have. The only person who gets to decide what you are is you. I guess I felt that way because a lot of my childhood and adolescence was spent telling me I couldn't amount to anything, that I wasn't worth anything more than a burden to others. My one defense was telling myself that no one got to tell me what I was or wasn't but me. That was how I survived it. Now I feel like what I am is changing, because I feel like I need to change. And I hope this makes sense, but I feel like if I finally settle into a role again, it will be because I can't, or no longer need to change.

 

[safenow]

I finally figured it out. I have two names or titles if you will that I am willing to accept. Today, for the first time I was called "human" and humans have been trying to turn me into a their version of a human since I was a young girl. SO I'm very proud of that because of the way she said it, I take it as a compliment. And in the past people told me I behave like a "christian". I'm proud of that title as well, because the Savior was a good example. So. My title is now: Christian Human. (sure a lot better than retarded, don't you agree?)

 

[Lionheart]

Good question!!! I suppose some of the roles I have are grandfather, father, brother, son, and uncle. In the sense that I am working to heal my psyche (mind), I am a "psychic healer" of sorts.;) I am a lover, an artist, a craftsman, a writer, an earth steward, and an animal and nature lover.

I believe one of my main roles in life, as it stands, is to; explore, discover, heal, and celebrate 'self'. I am an adult, male, survivor of sexual child abuse. A mentor, an elder, a warrior, and a friend.

Regardless of any of the aforementioned roles, I am first and foremost a human being; which makes me part of the beauty and mystery of all creation. No better, but certainly no less than anyone or anything else.:cool:

I hope this post is helpful to you in some way,

Peace,
Lion