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Names
Are they all we have?
Do they define us?
Is our fate set when pen hits birth certificate?
Mine, Andrew, means 'strong' 'manly' 'courageous'
While that would be nice
It's not really me
I can be courageous if necessary
I am strong in my convictions
If not especially so in body
Only my wife thinks I'm 'manly'
But she's prejudiced on the subject
Would I have been different
Had I been given a different name?
Maybe. Maybe not.
We all become what our parents, our family, our friends, our society makes of us ... to a point.
Mostly we become what we make of ourselves.
If my name had been Thaddeus
I would like to think I would still be a good friend
A good father
A good husband
A good man
Perhaps I should just go by my middle name...
Clark...
I like it
But it came from cleric ...
Someone who works in the clergy
That's not me either
Clark can also, in Latin, mean scholarly, wise
There are those who have thought so
And those who insist the opposite
I do have a college degree and like to think I'm not totally clueless...
But, still and all ... ...
Mostly, I'm Andy
And happy enough to be so
About the Creator
Andrew C McDonald
Andrew McDonald is a 911 dispatcher of 30 yrs with a B.S. in Math (1985). He served as an Army officer 1985 to 1992, honorably exiting a captain.
https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Keys-Andrew-C-McDonald-ebook/dp/B07VM843XL?ref_=ast_author_dp
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Comments (4)
"Mostly we become what we make of ourselves." - So true!
But your writing have proved you to be wise and scholarly! Dharrsheena neans Goddess of Light and here I am delivering darkness to everyone with my stories and poems 🤣
This was really excellent. A lot of really good thoughts, theories, and ideas. I got a lot out of reading this. Very well written and good flow to the words. I subscribed to you.
Good work keep it up