(Re)Living my name

A friend of mine once said, “Hey, you have ‘win’ in your name itself. You are always going to win” I just laughed away then, but it really made me wonder, ‘does having a ‘WIN’ in my name relates me to being a winner always?’

Shakespeare said "What is in the name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Shakespeare’s theory stands true otherwise as well. People with deep and sweet names can turn out to be shallow and bitter. May be it is about the person and not the name.

I met a girl once, a smart, confident and soft spoken girl with a beautiful name which implied ‘happiness’. I would only imagine people, everyone around her to be very happy. She seemed to be very sweet, friendly and was always in a mood to have some fun. We presumably had become good friends. They say what good is friendship unless it is tested. People can say they would stand for you but it’s the actual storm that points out to the true friend who does always stay. The storm has different forms. Here, in this case it was money. This can be a perfect case study of how someone can be sweet on your face, tell you about their honesty and confidence, boast about being free and independent and con you with you not even getting the slightest of hints of treachery. And to top it up, you end up being the one who has fallen down and become cheap. ROFL.
I remembered the ambitious girl from ‘pyaar ka punchnama – 2’ who got a smile to my otherwise surprised expression provoked by the thought of ‘how people can be this way too.” This was a multiple name failure: 1^st her name failed big time & 2^nd my name failed as I lost in the bet of trusting her.

Anyway…

There have been researches about the name of a person and how it influences his/her personality. However, it does not have a firm base to it. Despite this, I believe that the name of any person is his / her recognition and that it has a cognitive impact on others. Therefore, a name with a strong meaning should leave a strong impression.

When I Googled the meaning of ‘Edwin’, it retrieved meanings like ‘rich friend’, ‘prosperous friend’ etc. I do believe I am rich that ways, not by value but by virtue. And barring a few odds, I have always been fortunate enough to find the most awesome and trustworthy lot to be my friends. My core zone is the niche segment or category of friends who, I believe are handcrafted to fit in my life. I just cannot imagine a life without them. Though my ways of expressing these things are very subtle and I chose not to talk by keeping my peace by day dreaming. I know my core zone understands me more than I do and they will stand up for me against anything unless it is against me, myself!

This is the bunch that keeps taking my case always; they mock me, make fun of me in public and just take me for granted when it comes to being emotionally stable. However, all I know is they love me and would love to see me win [Even in love ;)]

Through all the ups and downs in life, I believe the most important thing is to have positive people around you. This will help you to be positive in the way you react to situations and ease your exit to solutions rather than getting yourself entangled in the problems and worries of these problems. This lot of mine is awesome at positivity and hence, I end up believing in whatever I do. This, I know, will always lead me towards the podium and keep me a winner.

Even if the world would think that I lost a few times (which is inevitable), I will still win. I will win all the lessons I get to learn from failures. The positivity around me would always push me towards standing up again and trying to achieve every goal.

So, no matter what research says, no matter how bitter people turn out to be, no matter failure for that matter, I will always focus on winning.

- ED'WIN'