Day 298: You Are Not

You are not your race.

You are not your gender.

You are not your sexual identity.

You are not your body.

You are not your skills.

You are not your job.

You are not how smart you are.

You are not how much money you have.

You are not how good you look in the mirror.

You are not how others perceive you.

You are not your past.

You are not your failures.

You are not your addictions.

You are not your trauma.

You are not your accomplishments.

You are not your pedigree.

You are not your hopes.

You are not what you want.

You are not what you say.

You are not what you do.

You are not what you feel.

You are not what you believe.

You are not what you think.

You are the space in which all these things arise — these things you are not. And knowing the difference makes all the difference.