Some people wonder why you need to cherish your name. Yes, undoubtedly, it came from the most dear, close people - mom and dad. It was him who they pronounced with love and tenderness, bending over the child’s bed, even when he was very young and could not even understand what they were addressing him. But still, what is the value of the name?
The name is what distinguishes each individual from a great many similar creatures. This is your personal identification mark. He will be called, evaluating your actions, behavior. Accordingly, absolutely everything that you have done - both good and bad - will be firmly connected with the name. Remember this, and try everywhere and always to act in such a way that your name evokes in other people only a positive response, and not condemnation. Do not forget that the name attached is also the name that your father bears, was your grandfather, as well as countless generations of distant ancestors. They are no longer among the living, but the memory of these people should keep you from unworthy actions. Even if the expression “Shame fell on the whole clan” does not already have the sense that before, try not to defame their memory. And you also have (or will have) children, your continuation on this earth. They should be proud of their father, and not pronounce his name with shame, in an undertone. Any decent, self-respecting person treats his name just like that - as a hallmark of a free person who has both rights and self-esteem. It is no accident that at different times and in different countries, totalitarian, repressive regimes tried to anonymize their opponents. After being imprisoned or in a concentration camp, they were even deprived of the right to be named by name. Instead, each prisoner had to remember his personal number and call him when addressing the jailers. For violation of this rule, severe punishment was imposed. Of course, there are exceptions to any rule. Sometimes it happens that parents (God knows why) give their child an incredibly pretentious, on the verge of absurdity, name. As a result, their unfortunate offspring, having taken a sip of ridicule from their peers, hurries at the first opportunity to get rid of this "gift", replacing their name with another, more harmonious. And, rightly, you cannot blame him for this.
