What's in a name?

I think for certain people their names carry great importance for them and then for other people I think their nick names carry great importance for them. I find that both my nickname and my first name define me. My first name defines me greatly because having an identical twin you want to be known by your name. You do not want to be known as "hey twin", "Moody", "Matt or Mike". I personally want to be known by my name. I think thats just my want to be different from my brother in some senses, my name being the start of that. I think my nickname also defines me because everyone of my good friends calls me by it and I think it represents my funny and joyful characteristics. My nickname "Hewbert" was given to me by my girlfriend and she got it from the HEW in the end of my name. All my friends started calling me it after she started to and it has stuck with me for a good while. I think that nicknames define some people more than others because they are usually given to someone by their peers. I think nicknames really define people that look for acceptance from their peers. I think that names define those people that look for acceptance within themselves and have individuality and your name is part of your individual.

I think there have been multiple times in my life where I have had two roles within in one situation. One major situation in my life were I was "two" was freshman year when the tennis team was in the state championship. Tennis is an individual sports. You play singles by yourself. When playing team tennis every win adds a point to your teams score. So you have to win to add a point. During the state championship I was playing two roles. I was being a member of the team trying to add a point to our scoreboard. I was also trying to win for myself. Another example of where I have been "two" in my life is in my church community. I go to church to grow closer in my relationship with God but I am also a member of the church community that is their to praise and thank God. I think trying to be an individual and also be a part of something as whole can sometimes be difficult. You have to keep your personal agenda at the front of your mind but your also trying to keep the agenda of the whole in your mind too. That why I think that when you are part of something as a whole it needs to have the same agenda as your personal agenda. In my case for tennis the team wanted to win and I wanted to win so I benefited the team by winning and the whole team benefited because we won the state championship. In the sense of the church I want to grow stronger with God and so does the rest of the church community. The agenda of the whole lined up with my personal agenda in these two cases.

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