Odysseus was a "could have been"

Names have power, they are you. Without it you would be nothing. It's true, whats the first thing you said in kindergarten? "High my name is "So ad So, or Blah Diddly Blah". Names can give off an image too, they adjust how people see you. Billy sounds like a kid, William sounds well learned, Bill sounds like just an every man.

You know, my dear old dad wanted me to be christened Ullyses. Not a clue why though, although it doesn't matter at all because my mom was adamant with a NO and named me Alexander. I found it funny that they both wanted names after Generals and Fighters, parents tend to give their kids names based on the hopes and ambitions they have for the kid, the name kids certain things such as Eugene which is Greek for "Born Lucky", Elijah & Elliot are both Hebrew for "The Lord is my God". Connor is an Irish-Gaelic name which means "Wolf Lover". They carry a parents desires for their children as well History of the family. My last name Wei stems from the fact that my ancestors lived by the River Wei in China.

All this talk about names got me curious about the meanings about my names. Alexander is a famous name due to Alexander the Great from Macedonia, he was aconqueror but before that Alexandros was Greek and it meant "Defending Man". My other name was given to me by my father. Wei Tian Mu means "Heavenly Sheppard" This was based off the story of the Monkey King; he took care of horses in Jade Palace in Heaven, I suppose I was named that due to the fact I was born in the year of the Horse and he wanted me to be in a sense protected. Ullysses wasn't just for General Grant, its actually a Latinized form of Odysseus the traveler and hero of the Odyssey by Homer. I looked it up and found out Odysseus is Greek meaning "To Hate". So what did expect of me? Watched over by heaven? A defender? To hate? Perhaps an amalgamation of all three. It's funny I actually have anger problems, I just bottle it all up and eveutally the bottle shatters and I just snap and hate everthing, scathing words or like the last time I broke down my freinds had to stop me. I hated my anger, but I need accept it asa part of myself right down to my name.

Here is an excerpt from one of my favorite songs that involves names. Enjoy "I and I" by Bayside.
If I could chose my own name
I'd chose something that's bold and fits
Like anger, aggression, or cunningly brash
By the skin of my teeth but with timing and class

Oh woe is me (Oh woe is me)
Oh woe were us (Oh woe were us)
But not anymore we stand up for ourselves
We're like captains at war, we'll get followed to hell

I hope you enjoyed my musing, but I need to ask... Whats your name? What is its origin? and most importatnly of all what does your name mean to you?

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