[Book] Anne of Avonlea

 

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"I think her parents gave her the only right and fitting name that could possibly be given her," said Anne. "If they had been so blind as to name her Elizabeth or Nellie or Muriel she must have been called Lavendar just the same, I think. It's so suggestive of sweetness and old-fashioned graces and `silk attire.' Now, my name just smacks of bread and butter, patchwork and chores."

"Oh, I don't think so," said Diana. "Anne seems to me real stately and like a queen. But I'd like Kerrenhappuch if it happened to be your name. I think people make their names nice or ugly just by what they are themselves. I can't bear Josie or Gertie for names now but before I knew the Pye girls I thought them real pretty."

"That's a lovely idea, Diana," said Anne enthusiastically. "Living so that you beautify your name, even if it wasn't beautiful to begin with. . .making it stand in people's thoughts for something so lovely and pleasant that they never think of it by itself. Thank you, Diana."

- from: Anne of Avonlea Chapter 21 Sweet Miss Lavendar- 
 

What is your name?

Do you know the meaning behind your name?

Everyone has name. Name reminds us of the person or the characteristics of the person who has that name. Because of that, we may have different feelings or impressions about the name.

I was so impressed when Diana said, “It is so true that the person is making his/her name nice or ugly just y what they are themselves.” Diana suggested to think about my name and what people may think about that name. It is me who is making the impression about my name.

Thus, as Anne said, how we live may beautify or disgust our names. In other words, we have the power to create something – power to give lovely and pleasant thoughts for people. Let’s behave, speak, and act in a way that we create something beautiful and lovely in people’s thought.

What are the impressions you would like to make about your name? Whatever that might be, you have power to make that impression by how you live your life!