Who is Christopher Comins ? (go back »)

When you first see or hear the name Christopher comins what are your first thoughts. Does the name sound awkward or does it sound too unusual. Well whatever the case might be, the fact is that this is the name and nothing is going to change about the person who carries with him the name of Christopher comins. Had he been known by some other name it would not have changed in any way the way he walks, the way he talks or the way he smiles and laughs. He would carry on doing what he had been doing till now, and in no way would his lifestyle be altered. Why exactly then this fascination with name. After all, it’s an established dictum that a rose by any name is a rose. There have been lots of instances where people have christened their children’s names after some famous actors, singers, or sports personality. Some times even after some big time politician. Does that make any sense? Christopher comins would continue being a vagabond or a beggar or he would continue being a priest or a thief even if the world had known him by some other name.

Well, people spend a lot of their time and energies thinking about the names their children should be known by in this world. If they would spend even half of that investment of thought and energy on deciding the kind of character they would like their children to possess, this world would be a different place. What Christopher comins is going to do with his life is not at all dependent on the name that he carries. In fact his entire life is going to be guided by the character and principles that he has been taught and to some extent inherited.

Many people who themselves somehow were not able to realize their dreams, want their children to realize the same dreams without thinking about whether they really wanted to pursue that career. In the process they name their children on the basis of names that their own stars and performers in their unfulfilled dreams had. Well, that is not going to produce the desired result. In fact that very name might become a wee bit cumbersome for the child to carry if he chooses some other career. A career that is different then what his parents wished.

Christopher Comins would be as much admired by the society and loved and cared for by his near and dear ones if he possesses good qualities as he would be loathed upon if the opposite were to be true.

So the gist of the entire essay is that it is much more important to worry about the character and principles that a child should be taught rather than the name that he should be given. It’s alright to give your child a beautiful name with a profound meaning, but that is where the purpose of the name ends. The journey of life that the individual would undertake would more or less be determined by the character and rectitude that he would possess.

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