My Name

Lanae. Lanae Lanae Lanae. It means light. In the Bible, it says "You are the light of this world" and, "Be the salt and light." I think that means that I am obligated to be nice and positive. Brighten up people's days. Be a ray of sunshine, so to speak.

When I was younger I really did not like my name. It seemed so hard for every one else to pronounce, when it is only two syllables. It was always mis-spelled and it only has five letters. Life seemed like it would be easier if I had a more common name. I disliked my  name so much, I told my mother that I was going to change it to Reese Cup. given i was around four years old, I had my heart set on that name. As I got older, I began to embrace, and later appreciate, having a unique name.

When I meet someone with the same name as me, even though it may be spelled differently, I find myself treating them with a sort of asperity becouse I feel like I'm the ONLY Lanae in the world and the fact that I'm not, makes me doleful. I guess I just don't have people skills let alone are they in my repertoire because I can't even act like I do..