Labels

I could apply any of various labels to myself (alcoholic, scientist, enlightened, mystic, etc.) and they all describe certain aspects of me.  For example, describing myself as an alcoholic, which I do on occasions, says that my body reacts in a particular way when it encounters alcohol or referring to myself as enlightened would indicate that I experience delight in the human condition and realize my relation to eternity.  The draw-back to using any of these labels, and the reason I tend not to use them, is that they tend to also indicate that I am done, having reached some sort of goal or endpoint.  The only label that I am comfortable with is “I am Charlie”.  I don’t think I am done, in fact I have just begun.