{"id":1139,"date":"2012-07-28T14:24:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T21:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2012-07-28T14:24:19","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T21:24:19","slug":"whats-in-a-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/whats-in-a-name","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s In A Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

What's in a name?<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

According to Shakespeare’s Juliet:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

What's in a name? That which we call a rose
\n\t\tBy any other name would smell as sweet.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But we do like our names and we do have attachments to them.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

Most of us don’t think we’d “smell as sweet” with a different name – well – except that when women get married, some do change their name and of course many people do change their first, middle and\/or last names for something they deem “sweeter.”<\/p>\n

\tI do, though, think most people develop a liking or attachment to the name[s] they were given.<\/p>\n

\tSometimes we prefer our middle names to our given ones, but there are those who were never given a middle name or an “official” middle name. <\/p>\n

\tAs one Facebook friend, Melissa Galt<\/a>, said in response to a post about figuring out your yogi name: “I never bemoaned not having a middle name until now. Raja Discovery is just not me!”<\/p>\n

\tDoes not having a middle name make a difference to you? Would you add one to feel something is more “you?” Even if the something is a better yogi name?<\/p>\n

\tWhat IS your feeling about your name or names?<\/p>\n

\tWould you change it? Add to it? Subtract from it?<\/p>\n

\t\"\"On a personal note – and why Melissa’s comment hit home and got me to write this – I was raised to think I had a middle name. As a kid, I used that initial on everything – including my then teenage application for a Social Security Card so I could work. <\/p>\n

\tImagine my surprise then when, as an adult, I got a copy of my official birth certificate. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

NO. MIDDLE. NAME.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\tAbruptly, I stopped using the initial. It was not part of my legal name -and it is less writing when you have to fill out forms or sign something….
\n\tBut…and it’s a huge but…. “the” initial is on my Medicare and Social Security accounts and a few other non-governmental cards like my one from REI. <\/p>\n

\tI’ve thought of going back and letting the powers-that-be know about the lack of that middle initial – but dealing with bureaucracy and filling out forms is not how I wish to spend my time…so I still have the initial as part of my “official government ID” and am glad I don’t live in a state that would not let me vote or drive due to this potential alleged identity issue.<\/p>\n

\tAnd if I ever have to make the change? I’ll do it then……
\n\t<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thoughts? Comments? Thank you.<\/span>
\n\t<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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