The concept of being a revert in Islam no longer makes sense to me.
I began thinking about how all of the people at the time of the prophet peace be upon him became Muslim in the exact same way reverts today do.
They heard the message and followed.
But when I began thinking more, I guess this is the case for every able minded Muslim. Just because you were raised Muslim does not make you a Muslim, just because your family and everyone around you is Muslim does not make you Muslim either. When we go from being a child to adolescent and develop more conscious thoughts surely even those who were raised Muslim still have to actively choose to be one. This is probably why it is so encouraged to not just blindly follow but actively believe.
I’m not saying that this path isn’t obviously harder for reverts I know that it is myself because rather than having people rooting for you it’s usually quite the opposite. But I guess it has reiterated for me that no matter what path of life you come from we all walk the same path together.