What's in a name

At the beginning of life, an identity is given to a new born infant and its called a name.

To further give the child a more defined identity, the name of the family is included. At some point in time, that name either makes you proud or makes you ashamed. Furthermore, some people get carried away by worldly pleasures and their beclouded actions lead others with the same name to bury their heads in shame. Yet, some people fulfil the scripture that says a good man leaves inheritance for his children's children. How? By leaving a good name.

A friend once told me that when he was growing up in a remote village in Ondo State as a young child, it got to the point his mother could no longer afford to pay his school fees after his father died. She managed to pay until he completed his junior secondary school and he dropped out of school to become a cab driver.  Suddenly, out of the blues, came this teacher who insisted on paying the fees of this child until he completed his secondary education. He later moved out of Ondo State, went to the university and thus fulfilled his dreams of becoming a medical Doctor. And then one day, he heard that his beloved teacher died. The Doctor who was by then married, told his wife "Darling, you now have some children you did not labour for". He immediately went searching until he located all of the late teachers children and ensured they all got educated to the highest possible. Indeed, the good teachers name made a way for his children.

What's your name? What does it mean? Is it meaningful or meaningless? Are you going to allow the next generation after you to lift their heads up or are you going to cause them to bury their heads in shame? I have purposed that my name is going to open doors to my thousandth generation!

Cheers!
Funmi Olutile