My name is Reckon. Like the word old Westerners used. Ever since I can remember, whenever people have asked for my name, it’s always followed by a “Really?” or “How do you spell that?” By now I’ve gotten used to it but it’s annoyed me to the point that whenever I meet people that I know I won’t see again, I introduce myself with an alias, most of the time “Patrick”. It’s not that I’m embarrassed by my name; I just hate the extra time it takes and the disbelief that flashes across the other person’s face when I say my name. It’s a unique name, but I’m tired of having to repeat myself.
And this is why I do what I do. I don’t want my lasting image to be “the guy named Reckon.” This phrase has no meaning. As unique as my name is, being called Reckon has no description of who I am. I don’t model myself to be a person with the name “Reckon”. I do what I do to give myself a lasting image that transcends my name. With this in mind, everything I do leads back to who I want to be for the people I love and care about. Everything they want from and for me, I fuse it with my desire to be more than “just Reckon” and channel this energy to accomplish what I want and need to be.
Furthermore, I do what I do because, in my mind, I represent all the Reckons out there. Though I have never met another Reckon or heard of the existence of another Reckon, to the people around me, I set the tone for how a Reckon should behave. As naïve and foolish this may sound, as people, we make quick associations and assumptions. We correlate specific behavior and characteristics with specific names exactly like how we associate astrological and zodiac signs. Because of this, I may be the only Reckon a person will meet and this image will last until hopefully another Reckon comes along in their life.
In sum, I do what I do for one very simple reason: I want to be known for who I am, not for what I am called. And with this mentality, I am able to strive to be all that I can be.
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