Keep the name, Saif and Kareena
Thousands of kids in South Asia are named Taimur—not after Taimur (Timur/Tamelane) the emperor who killed hundreds of thousands of people, but after Taimur who once was an underdog. The Taimur who was once badly defeated in a battle, his close associates were killed in the combat. Taimur made a narrow escape and took refuge in a cave. He was bleeding, he was humiliated, and he wondered if he should just give up. Then, reclining against the wall of the cave he saw an ant. The ant was carrying a large food particle in its mouth and was trying to climb a wall. The ant went up a little bit, but because of the weight it was carrying it came tumbling down. The food particle rolled out one way and the ant fell the other way. But then the ant got up again, found the food particle, and started its climb again. This time the ant went up slightly higher than the last time. But then the same thing happened again. The ant fell down. Then the ant got up yet again, grabbed the food, and started climbing back up again. The same thing happened this time too: the ant went up a little bit and then fell down. The ant got up again and restarted the work. But this time too it was no different: the ant fell down. Taimur kept counting: the ant kept trying. The 5th time, the 6th time, the 7th time…the same thing happened 47 times. But the 48th time the ant was able to climb the wall with the food in its mouth. Watching the ant, Taimur learned a lesson for life. If you have a dream, you either work hard until you see your dream come true, or you fight and die working to see your dream come true--but you NEVER EVER give up. The Taimur who learned this lesson of perseverance from an ant was a beautiful man. And that is the Taimur you have named your son after, Kareena and Saif. Keep the name!
Thousands of kids in South Asia are named Taimur—not after Taimur (Timur/Tamelane) the emperor who killed hundreds of thousands of people, but after Taimur who once was an underdog. The Taimur who was once badly defeated in a battle, his close associates were killed in the combat. Taimur made a narrow escape and took refuge in a cave. He was bleeding, he was humiliated, and he wondered if he should just give up. Then, reclining against the wall of the cave he saw an ant. The ant was carrying a large food particle in its mouth and was trying to climb a wall. The ant went up a little bit, but because of the weight it was carrying it came tumbling down. The food particle rolled out one way and the ant fell the other way. But then the ant got up again, found the food particle, and started its climb again. This time the ant went up slightly higher than the last time. But then the same thing happened again. The ant fell down. Then the ant got up yet again, grabbed the food, and started climbing back up again. The same thing happened this time too: the ant went up a little bit and then fell down. The ant got up again and restarted the work. But this time too it was no different: the ant fell down. Taimur kept counting: the ant kept trying. The 5th time, the 6th time, the 7th time…the same thing happened 47 times. But the 48th time the ant was able to climb the wall with the food in its mouth. Watching the ant, Taimur learned a lesson for life. If you have a dream, you either work hard until you see your dream come true, or you fight and die working to see your dream come true--but you NEVER EVER give up. The Taimur who learned this lesson of perseverance from an ant was a beautiful man. And that is the Taimur you have named your son after, Kareena and Saif. Keep the name!
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