What’s In A Name?

Can Greatness Be Associated With A Name?

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It’s such a shame 
To associate greatness with a name 
When we all have greatness 
Associated with us anyways 

From little thoughtful actions 
To little gestures of friendliness 
Silence and peacefulness 
We all want abundance 
And so we must achieve it 
That’s what we are made for
That’s how we are built 

We can move on with life
Sitting quietly at our desk
Or we can listen to the spirits of truth
Working within us
Asking us to get up, sit up and write 

Or simply to smile at a neighbor 
Friend or spouse 
Colleague even 
When they need some love 

Some encouragement 
To do what is right 
And kind 
With compassion in one’s eyes 

We all live and exist 
We all come with abundance 
Bundled like in a cocoon 
Around us

But metamorphosis 
Has to take place 
So that we can emerge 
Like a beautiful butterfly 
We cannot remain 
Crawling caterpillars always 

And if we allow metamorphosis 
To take place within us
Then we will also emerge 
Like a butterfly 
Intact with wings 

With an ability to fly 
Freely at will
And in its wake 
Bring with it 
Freedom to decide
Where it will go next 

How it will lead its life 
And when it does that 
When the beautiful butterfly 
Emerges from its shell
And does what it was meant to do
Fly away wherever its heart leads it

Then it will be appreciated 
Then it will draw our spirits with it
It will tug at our hearts 
And ask for more from us
Encouraging us also 
To emerge from within us
Like it did

And if we obey and follow along
Greatness will arrive 
To us also 

A name becomes name
Only when we follow our heart 
Not otherwise 
It cannot be called great at least 

Like Greta Thunberg 
Or Jane Goodall
Or Mahatma Gandhi 
Or Mother Theresa 

All the names we adore
And imbue greatness with
Are those who emerged like a butterfly 
From within 
Following where their hearts led them 
And holding on to their spirits of Truth within them 

Think about this
Peace ✌🏽 

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