My problem with "You are what you eat, watch, read, listen to, and who you spend time with..."

 I get what the saying means: what I eat, watch, read, listen to, and who I spend time with affects me, for good or for bad. But that doesn't mean I have to like it.

Here's why I don't like it.

I am not a plate of impossible chicken nuggets. That's not my identity. That's a page in my book.

I am not No Time To Die, The Phantom of the Opera, or Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. That's not my identity. They are a couple of pages in my book.

I am not the Horatio Hornblower saga. That's not my identity. That's a page in my book.

I am not "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" or an Elton John concert. That's not my identity. That's a page in my book.

I am not my friends and family. That's not my identity. That's a page in my book.

All of these things are a part of my story, but they are not my identity.

My identity is I am a beloved daughter of God.