A Split Being: Present Day Conflict

Getting called my birth name, to me, is like being understated and rewarded only for the things I achieved early in life (which was nothing). Becoming Baylor was a lot more different than anyone will ever understand. I was able to become myself and stop being a copy to my family traditions and social guidelines. Some people prefer to renew themselves through personal things that are not protruded through names, but I named myself as a goal set and a way of starting anew. Baylor was a revolution for myself. When I am called my birth name, I feel like I am back in that spot that I was when I was a child. I feel like my achievements disappear in a way. It's like calling a woman a little girl or a man a little boy... it's an understatement. Baylor is a warrior and a fighter and my born again self, and as that, I don't want to be called my birth name at all. Honestly, it's very disrespectful and hurtful to be called by my birth name. Especially to those of the people who know exactly why I changed my name. I should have to explain myself no further than just saying 'I don't want to be called by that' or that it's simply a nickname and people should call me by Baylor. But there is a lot more to it than people realize. Some say I'm a fool to have become Baylor Knight, but Baylor Knight is what I like to define as 'an individual warrior'.