So I watched the interview with Bruce Jenner a few weeks ago where he shared his struggle being a female in a man’s body and to be honest the first thing that came to mind for me was “What a shame to live those years not being able to be YOURSELF”
For me, this had nothing to do with transgender issues; the issue was so much more fundamental and simple.
So finally Bruce aka #Caitlyn has finally decided to transform slowly into what she feels comfortable in and has graced the cover of Vanity Fair in what I think is a bold, amazing revelation. Of course the world has a lot to say about this (as always), a lot of it negative but wow I am sure #Caitlyn feels beyond relieved. Lets ponder for a bit:
How many times have we lived in the shadows of others?
How many times have we changed who we were to satisfy the needs of others?
How many times have we lived the lives expected of us rather than the live we felt was right for us?
How many times have we changed our views to appease others?
And how miserable were we when we did this…
The question isn’t whether or not Bruce’s decision to be Caitlyn is right or wrong, the true question is who am I and who are you to judge who Bruce should be? The question is have we lived in his shoes to understand his struggles and pains? The question is have we lived growing up feeling we were in the wrong body? The question is who made us God to feel we have the right to judge another…
It doesn’t hurt me to see the negative words being directed towards Caitlyn. It hurts me that the world still hasn’t learnt from the past. Wasn’t it just around the corner that the world thought the roles of black people in society were to be slaves? The world needs to take a chill pill and sit itself down.
We have no right to decide who anyone should be or judge them #PERIOD
“When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself” ― Earl Nightingale