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Help[Opinions] Re: Timarete
in reply to a message by Manipura
This is a good point. I think some kids might feel pressured by such a meaning. But, they might be inspired by it as well! I remember seeing an interview with Aaliyah once, where she said she was inspired by the meaning of her own name, she was proud of it and strove to live the meaning every day.
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Yeah, I know it can be positive, in that I don't react so negatively to pure, sublime, high, beauty, wealth as meanings, and I don't think excellence is a bad thing.
But with "honoring excellence" (or Excellence, which appeared in one of the Missouri name lists Viatrix has been posting)...I am not comforted by thinking of it as personal or aspirational or mystical the way I would be for those other examples. I guess it doesn't seem like a value or innate quality to me; it's more like a manufactured result of good/bad values or other qualities, so seems relatively empty (but again, I realize it doesn't have to be). I'm probably sensitive to it because my name means "victory"...I feel like that's annoyingly competitive but at least can be personal as in overcoming setbacks, yet it's more like an outcome and doesn't feel like a true value/quality/inspiration (whereas sublime seems like something innately inspiring).
But with "honoring excellence" (or Excellence, which appeared in one of the Missouri name lists Viatrix has been posting)...I am not comforted by thinking of it as personal or aspirational or mystical the way I would be for those other examples. I guess it doesn't seem like a value or innate quality to me; it's more like a manufactured result of good/bad values or other qualities, so seems relatively empty (but again, I realize it doesn't have to be). I'm probably sensitive to it because my name means "victory"...I feel like that's annoyingly competitive but at least can be personal as in overcoming setbacks, yet it's more like an outcome and doesn't feel like a true value/quality/inspiration (whereas sublime seems like something innately inspiring).
This message was edited 11/14/2023, 12:23 PM
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