The idea is that in any situation, people have a notion as to who they are and how they should behave. And if you don't behave according to your identity, you pay a cost.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People will have an altered idea of who you are unless they really take time to get to know you, which of course they don't. They just get what they see, and they take that to the bank.
Who are we? Whom do we want to become? How do we perceive ourselves? How do we want to be perceived? These questions of identity are often at the core of our own internal struggles. Resolve them, and you are closer to being free.
Identity is part of drama to me. Who am I, why am I behaving this way, and am I aware of it?
One doesn't want one's identity coerced.
Having an identity is one thing. Being born into an identity is quite a different matter.
The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.
It's a moral absolute: If you are going to make a human being, you have a fundamental responsibility to that person - to honestly disclose exactly who they are and where they come from.
If you're always under the pressure of real identity, I think that is somewhat of a burden.
I don't know if there is a personal identity. We all imagine that we are absolute individuals. But when we begin to look for where this individuality resides, it's very difficult to find.
There's no such thing as identity: it's something we have to believe in to make life more tolerable.