I am finding very helpful this concept of rejecting the tendency to label myself, and thereby rejecting the expectation that I should behave in a certain way. I encountered the idea in an article by a Catholic man who tends toward same-sex attraction but is determined to live his life - including but not limited to his sexuality - as Christ is calling him through the Church to live.
The thing is, the applicability of this way of thinking goes way beyond our sexuality. Whatever we struggle with, we are a whole person, not just that struggle. Refusing to isolate that part of ourselves allows us to deal with that struggle in the proper context; being willing to accept that as part of ourselves that we need to work on helps keep us from just blowing it off.
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