<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=445795" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>When I Discovered My Given Name</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I discovered my given name 'is' Lawrence...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(Named after my father.<br>Who on 'his' birth certificate says Lawrence 'A'.<br>And I'm suppose to be a junior with no 'A' attached.<br>Go figure!) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">...and not 'Larry' as I am still called by family members, <br>And very close friends.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">People who 'knew' me became upset, <br>When I began calling myself 'Lawrence'.<br>Saying I thought I was better than the others.<br>And that I was not 'real' OR down-to-Earth! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Does this sound a bit crazed? <br>I wanted to call myself by my 'real' name...<br>And folks who didn't have my name, <br>Became upset! <br>Pure insanity...<br>Isn't it? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There's more...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But my parents did not name me Larry.<br>They named me Lawrence.<br>And my father everyone called Lawrence...<br>Decided he was going to be called 'Larry'.<br>I'm not going to say he was a jealous man.<br>That's a different story! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And I decided to become as REAL as possible! <br>Even adopting an African name, Suhuba...<br>Of the Yoruban language.<br>Meaning 'laurel' or of the Sun.<br>And 'that' made some folks furious.<br>Family members became outraged...<br>Because I sought 'identity'.<br>And I was accused of wanting to be 'white'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">These are the same folks who call for unity of all kinds! <br>But they don't know 'who' they are to unify.<br>And 'why' or for what! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">That's how ignorant some environments, <br>And the people can be! <br>Divided into segments of conditioned realities.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">God bless 'em!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=445795" data-title="When I Discovered My Given Name de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="When I discovered my given name 'is' Lawrence... (Named after my father. Who on 'his' birth certificate says Lawrence 'A'. And I'm suppose to be a junior with no 'A' attached. Go figure!) ...and not 'Larry' as I am still called by family member..."></div> </div> </div>

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