When I was floating freely in space and looking back on Earth from my safe haven amongst the stars, I saw a world without division…
Name: Anousheh Ansari
Age: 42
Birthplace: Mashhad, Iran
Occupation: Entrepreneur, space traveler
Who am I? I am a human — plain and simple — no labels attached. I would be honored if everyone would think of me and preferably others as such.
By labeling ourselves or others, we create boxes, boundaries and decide who belongs on what side of the line. We divide ourselves, and by dividing ourselves, one would determine which side of the line is better.
Sometimes each side believes that their side is better and sometimes one side can be so persuasive to make the other side believe that they are on the wrong side. At the end, it doesn’t matter which side you are on because no one wins. The labels we put on ourselves and let others put on us are just that — labels. And they can be removed. Once we are free, we can just be human, pure and simple.