I've often wondered what kings and great warriors must be like. Should they be truly passionate to be able to rise above their fears, doubts, sometimes even morals and do what they have to do? Or should they be truly dispassionate to be able to live with their actions, look upon it as simply their duty? It would not do at all, would it, if they crushed an opponent at war and spent the rest of their life feeling sorry for him?
I'd make a lousy warrior. Even assuming i am the bravest of the brave, i simply couldn't be bothered enough to go pick a fight with someone. And even if i did, the first scratch on his skin from my sword and i would have forgotten him and waged a war with myself. Over whether i should finish him off or rush for bandage.
Wonder what i would have done had i been living in the times of Kings. Warrior, no. Farmer no, they have to get up too early. Cook no, i'm bad at that too, plus not much of my efforts would reach the table. Trader no, cant bargain to save my life. Dancer no, singer no. Jester no. Birbal no. Those people who fan the king with peacock feathers no.
Wonder if they had career counseling back then.
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how about sir isaac newton ? or sumthin like that ??
btw ROFL
nice post :) one-who-teaches-the-kids-five-tables yes ?
Yogesh: (i refuse to call you a pig) Now that you mention it, i realize there are a few similarities. He invented his own mathematics when he got stuck. I do that too. Wonder why the world doesnt recognize my genius :(
Niranjan: Aah.. finally something well within the limits of my mathematical abilities!
Getting down coconuts from the trees (what with your tree climbing antics)?
In The Times of Kings and otherwise?
I likes!!! I'd start with mangoes, and then move on to coconuts until one day, i shall have been (is that the righ tense for dreaming about the past?) the best nutter (coconut-getter) in the land!
Queen, yes? (ahem!)
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