The Impossible Amazement of Random Situations

If you're not looking, you will find. The most amazing things happen when we don't wait for them. I admit this is quite a spectacular opening considering the little story I want to tell. Waiting for a friend in a shop today, I overheard a conversation two guys had next to me, one was Asian and he asked the other one what his name was. He answered with a very complicated sounding noise which I guess was his name but I can't remember it, even if I could I think I wouldn't be able to spell it and even if I could I don't think you'd be able to pronounce it if you saw it written. Anyway. The Asian guy asked the other one if he knew the meaning of his name and when he said no, he said this amazing phrase: "If you know the meaning of your name you know yourself better." Maybe it's one of those situations where you have to have been there to understand the feeling of amazement, it was just strange to hear a piece of wisdom misplaced in a random situation. Apparently my name is originally Irish and means "island". I'll leave the interpretation of various possible meanings to those who know me.