My name is Salvador, but my people call me Chava. There is a nickname back in Mexico for the people that are named Salvador which is chava. I don’t know the origin of this, but personally, I got used to it since I was 4. In Spanish, chava means young women. It's weird that people call us that.
Since I was little people have called me chava and it was rare when people called me by my name. When I was younger and I did mischief, professors or my parents called me Salvador to talk to me. So every time I hear Salvador, I feel serious and I can’t help to think that I did something stupid.
I like my nickname but not my name. Sometimes I think that I am going to be someone important in life and my name isn’t that unique or weird. But when people call me chava, I forget these grandiose delusions and I focus on the present and on the people that surround me.
I never thought of this, but I guess chava is the name that defines me. For me chava means humbleness and happiness and whenever people say it to me, I feel like myself.
Thank you Chava,I agree with you, We should all need focus on the present and the peopl who make us fell like ourselves.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to call you Chava from next week maybe :). And I hope that you don't change your name if you become famous so that I can remember you.
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