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November 2009 
Where is your name from?
Posted on Mar 5th, 2009
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halinagold
halinagold
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for March 04, 2009:
My name - Halina - is originally from Poland and quite common there. I didn't particularly like it when I was a child - it sounded old-fashioned to me. When I moved to Denmark, my common, old-fashioned name suddenly started sounding original and interesting. Changing the context of your name can appear quite powerful sometimes! :-)
When as a young woman I embarked on my spiritual quest, trying to find out who I was and what my significance was :-) I spend quite some time trying to find out the meaning of my name. Didn't find anything though. Disappointing... :-)
Just a few months ago, trying to find the perfect name for a character in my novel, i went to http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/ . I followed a hunch and checked out Halina and suddenly, without expecting, I've got my answer: It means: shining one; brightness
Given the fact that in the Busting Loose philosophy the symbol of who I really am - and who you really are - is the bright shining sun, that's a rather remarkable and fun creation. And, it doesn't really matter, does it? :-)
When as a young woman I embarked on my spiritual quest, trying to find out who I was and what my significance was :-) I spend quite some time trying to find out the meaning of my name. Didn't find anything though. Disappointing... :-)
Just a few months ago, trying to find the perfect name for a character in my novel, i went to http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/ . I followed a hunch and checked out Halina and suddenly, without expecting, I've got my answer: It means: shining one; brightness
Given the fact that in the Busting Loose philosophy the symbol of who I really am - and who you really are - is the bright shining sun, that's a rather remarkable and fun creation. And, it doesn't really matter, does it? :-)
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I love the name Halina… but I’ve always had a thing for those with a Polish heritage. :)
:-)
The things we create: Your comment brought me back to your profile (which I find so refreshing!) and to the link you’ve got there to “Finite and Infinite Games”. I’m not familiar with the book (have ordered it now), but from reading about it on Wikipedia it sounds like totally in alignment with Scheinfeld’s definition of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Human Game
Thanks, Siona!
Oh, Halina… you’re so welcome! You’ll love Carses’ book; it’s short, brilliant, and one of my all-time favorites. :)