“Juliet’s Eternal Question”
Romeo’s Juliet asked an important question
on that famous balcony and one
that we must ask ourselves:
“What’s in a name?”
When people think about us,
our name, our persona, our doings,
what images conjure up in their minds?
Kindness or cruelty,
compassion or meanness?
What about loving or cold-hearted?
A sense of goodness and trust?
Or maybe they draw a blank,
remembering a wisp of something
or someone passing by?
It’s more than just a name—
It’s how we live, act, speak,
how we conduct ourselves in private
and in “the public haunt of men….”
It’s how we treat others,
how we lift them up,
help them become better.
It’s more than just a name—
It's our smile and manners.
It’s elevating others above our own needs.
It’s our persona, outward and inward,
striving to be the same each day.
It’s more than just a name—
When we climb out of ourselves
to be kind, gracious, and trustworthy,
we rise to be someone different,
someone noble and worthy
of whose we are and destined to become.
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