I am Crystal.  My name is Crystal.  I will explain a little about "what's in a name"
    Recently I met a little boy whose name meant 'orator' or 'one who speaks'.  The first impression I got of him was when he looked right up at me and shouted "Hi!" and then proceeded to show me the cool green plastic egg he had in his pocket.  His father then explained, "he always talks to the ladies, he is always talking, his name means Orator".  This made me think of the interesting truth that we are all given a name at birth or around that time, and it is an unusual but interesting phenomenon that parents are able to give names to their children and the children seemingly grow into their names by becoming just like the traditional meaning assigned to their names by the language or culture where the name originated.
    I will illustrate this by showing you how my name is a reflection of myself.
   
    Crystal means clear
        A rock crystal is a shiny object, maybe it is see-through, maybe it is a bit cloudy, maybe it is sweet or rock hard but the essential physical characteristic of a crystal semi-precious stone is that it is see-through. All these adjectives describe my personality as well.  I can be rock hard intense and when I make up my mind to do something I clearly see my objective and do whatever it takes to get there.  Like when I moved to Southern California on my own, without knowing anyone or anything about the area except that I knew I wanted to get into real estate. 
       
    Crystal means reflection
        A reflection is simply what we see when we stare into the mirror, or a shiny object. A crystal ball is a meditative object used to reflect back the internal thoughts one is having.
        By being open to others' experiences and listening to them and fully participating with what I can show up with, I provide a reflective source for other people to explore themselves.  For instance, I often review business opportunities my friends present to me, I do this because it's a best business practice in itself, but mostly because it's fun to see what my friends are up to and most importantly to be successful it's important to participate with others, just like we learned in kindergarten. This allows my friends to practice on me, while I get         to choose and capitalize on the best opportunities.

    Crystal means rainbow
        Crystals take on all the colors of the rainbow, because their essential quality is reflecting light and light is made up of all the colors, but your eye only sees the colors that are reflected back, rainbows are all colors reflected back.  My life is like a rainbow because I have so many interests. At times it has been my art career, the modeling I do part time for the past 3 years, or learning the art of sharing opportunities with people, landscape design, fashion design, jewelry design, real estate investing. I really just like being creative in a variety of ways.
                   
I would like to summarize by pointing out the effect that having the name Crystal has on my outlook in life.
    I strongly believe that it is important to stay true to myself.  Not only does it make me feel good about myself, but others see right through me when I am not quite true to myself, they can read it all over.
    I also strongly believe in the importance of continually investing in myself.  As I improve on my weaknesses by taking uncomfortable steps, gain confidence by practicing and find new fun adventures in life as I like to call challenges, I know I will always be making the best investment.
    My name Crystal means that my true self is clear and transparent, a reflection for others to see themselves, a rainbow of interests and creative outlets, and a healing mysterious quality that I can impart to others.  I am glad I showed up as a Crystal, because I can't think of a better name for myself!