DE LA CUESTA, Joseph Adrian A. 1C Seminar1 July 19, 2013 NAME My name is Joseph Adrian. My parents named me such because I was born in March and my birth date is near the feast day of St. Joseph. I was named Adrian shallowly because my mother’s name is Adriano. According to ThinkBabyNames, “Joseph \j(o)-se-ph\ as a boy's name is pronounced JOH-sef. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Joseph is "Jehovah increases". Biblical: the son of Jacob who, sold by his brothers into slavery, rose to become a supreme power in Egypt. Also Jesus' earthly father, a carpenter. José (see J ose) (hoh -ZAY) is a Spanish form.” Moreover, “Adrian \a-drian, ad-rian\ as a boy's name (also used as girl's name Adrian), is pronounced AY-dree-an. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Adrian is "from Hadria". Place name: Hadria was a town in northern Italy, which gave its name to the Adriatic Sea. The name was borne by the Roman emperor Publius Aelius Hadrianus (second century AD). Hadrian's Wall was built across northern England during his reign. Also the name of the 12th-century pope Adrian IV (the only English pope in history)” As atheist, my name is just a matter of coincidence and do not mean anything unless people give meaning to it. I don't believe in destiny; my name is not destined for something otherthan my own series of decisions, being molded by different factors and circumstances of life. Nonetheless, I am more aimed towards a path of happiness than a path of greatness. This stage ofmy law school life, is a stage of my rennaisance - a stage of reviving of the classics. I am not concerned of proving something for myself because it just adds up unhappiness. I'm doing this for my passion for law and for love in my relationships. This can be seen from my personal history of aspirations. Being the youngest in the family, when I was a child, I was raised as a bringer of happiness more than an achiever. I was merely concerned with the joys and pleasures of life, until I got in high school and undergraduate college. In high school, I evolved into strictly and extremely aiming to change the world. This is because I was mainly influenced by the Communist ideology and atheist belief, when I was
