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| His Majesty with Prince Jigme Namgyal Wangchuck |
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| His Majesty interacting with old granny. One of my all time favorite picture. |
It was mid–year of 2014,
I last saw His Majesty in person when he visited Zhemgang. He is known as
people's king. He is always kind and generous for elderly people. He is
the most handsome and most admired king in the world today. Anywhere he
visit, he never misses to meet students and teachers. For which he believes the
future of the country lies in their hands. In the school MPH, I along with
hundreds of students and staff have listened to a story of a foolish man His
Majesty shared from the book –"what I wish I knew when I was
20."
The story was about a young college student who wishes to win a game of lottery. So, that he can resign early from his job to start up his own business. He can become rich, powerful and a successful person with big house, luxurious car and educate his children well. Therefore, to fulfil all his wishes he started to visit church nearby and submit all his prayers to bless him with his only wish.
Many years have passed
and he became older. But his wish wasn't fulfilled. One day he became so angry
and entered the church furiously, he kicked and punched the table and poured
out all his frustration in front of the god he used to pray. Oh! God, I have
offered my sincere prayers to you for these many years but you did not fulfill
my only wish. Hereafter, I give up all my faith in you. The god went silent.
After a while god asked the man. "Old man, did you buy a lottery
ticket?" The man replied. "No." "How could you win a game
of lottery without buying it?" Said the god.
After hearing the story,
I thought how foolish was that man? I felt so pity. But, it was good that at
least he knew the rules of winning a game of lottery thereafter. The message is
that it is the little things that matter most in life. Everything we dream and
aspire may not be always possible and comes that easy.
Life is all about never
getting to the point where you say, I wish I had… Like the man in the story,
you can't win the lottery if you have never played the lottery game and you
probably will not going to win the lottery if you just played once. I wish I
had a Ferrari to drive me safe, take me home a far end dream, if I just wait
for my luck to hit my forehead. It is just impossible!
His Majesty also have
shared some piece of concern and advice; ample sleep, physical exercise and good diet are some important part of life that can certainly keep us physically and mentally fit for any sorts of works. He also have reminded us about what a good character
can do in life, unabaiting stamina is required to go –beyond 90 years and what
it takes to be with bad habits. He advises us never to abuse drugs and alcohols
at any cost. These two things would certainly torn life apart from loved one,
family and relatives.
His Majesty reading 4–5
books in a months is something incomparable, thus we need to borrow his good
reading habits. He humbly told the gathering, he reads books of all kinds;
sports magazines, book of economics, autobiographies/biographies of some great
personalities, book on politics/countries, history of Thailand etc... To
me, His Majesty's reading of Neuroscience book have attracted and fascinated
the most.
No King in the world
would share such genuine and valid concern and spent time sharing about his
personal life. His Majesty is my all–time hero and a role model. We were
privileged in many ways to have a great and a visionary King like him. On His
Majesty's 38th birth anniversary, I pledged and commit to read more books. I
promise I will be more responsible and keep all His Majesty's words of wisdom
to uphold this nation ever high. Thank you, your Majesty for the wonderful
story.
A book
titled, "What I wish I knew when I was 20," is a
highly recommended book by King himself to all of us. Let us not forget
to grab a copy each or else borrowing is another odds.
Long live Your
Majesty!
Images taken from His Majesty's personal Facebook page.
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