I don't like my name that much, Alexandra, it is long, bold and a very common name. My name has always been the longest in the class. Well who would have a name with more than 9 letters! In English everyone says my name as if they were walking on fire. But in Spanish it sounds different, softer and mellow, like when a river collides with the ocean. My name comes from Greek. It means conqueror or protector of humankind. It came from Alexander the Great. He was a young King of Macedonia and conquered Greece and Persia. I really don't think I can conquer anything like Alexander the Great did. Well for starters I'm not even royalty!
I was named after my grandfather who passed away. He was a very talented man. I wish I were more like him, but really, I'm very different. Well that's what I think. My grandfather did a lot of different things that I'm not very good at, for example he wrote poetry and sang! I don't think I can do any of that. Although even though I cant do as many things as my grandfather could I can still do other things that maybe my grandfather couldn't do! For example, can do gymnastics and I can play the piano and the guitar.
Even though my name comes from a long time ago it is still quite a popular up to today, and it is pronounced the same way in almost every language. But since my name is so long I have a lot of nicknames for example, Alex, Ale, Alexa and rarely Lexi. Even if my name is long maybe it isn't that bad. Maybe someday I will grow into it, maybe I will become Alexandra a female conqueror!
On the blog Breaking the Frozen Seas Within there is a video. It is about two men who compliment people to make them feel good since the financial crisis. It is really nice to see what people do for peace. I think it was really nice of these guys to compliment people because it was a small sacrifice they did to make others feel good. Hopefuly people will see these two guys and think of them as roll models and follow what they did. This way mybe someday there will be world peace. So anybody who believes that mybe, just maybe someday there will be world peace, just start with a compliment! It could change someone's life.
