- Thara Tlau
One day a prince offered a diamond-studded necklace, vastly expensive in any ordinary and extraordinary valuation or sensation, to his charming fiancée, a princess from a faraway kingdom as a token of love. Unfortunately, the princess’ kingdom was later on befallen by an unimaginable famine, the magnitude not ever known in the history of the kingdom. The princess’ father, the king, had to shell out whatever was there in the royal treasury to sustain the survival of the citizenry of the kingdom. But until any sign of recession of the famine in far sight, the treasury had gone empty. No wherewithal to support procurement any longer or either sight of help, the princess knew she could do something to save lives. She sent a trusted minister in the court to another kingdom to sell the necklace she had been gifted and brought home foods and grains which would endure the lives of the people and the kingdom some more days until help arrived from friendly kingdoms or the famine started withdrawing or, otherwise, until they were starved to death or else reduced to refugees in another kingdoms. The minister brought home foods and grains and cheers to the people as well; and soon after, after few days, helps arrived from other kingdoms. Most pleasantly, there were clear signs of withdrawal of the harrowing famine.
The prince came to know about the necklace. He doubted the love and the commitment of the princess and subsequently “divorced” her. Of course she was wrong to sell the gift of love, no doubt. What would have been the feeling of the prince who had given her the priceless gift? Was it not ironic that she could sell the gift from her lover?
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4 comments:
It was wrong of the Prince to divorce her for her action. If he really loved her (or if he was the least bit human), he would love her even more for she sacrificed his gift of love so that she could save other people.
Chuan... i previous post kha i delete daih a :D Ka RSS reader ah ka la nei thlap a nia aw :D Nice interview :D
@illusionaire: I didn't conclude the story as right or wrong because i wanted the readers to ponder upon and decide. I want them to compare with their life and see if they have done any injustice to others unknowingly; unknowingly because it's out of question about the case of KNOWINGLY.
How many times have we misunderstood our friends and partners because of our selfishness? I know a person who could not fulfill his promise to his girlfriend for dinner because he has to help out a friend in office in a very serious case. But instead of appreciating him the girl created tantrum in their next meeting. Likewise, when we are doing good we can be in a very "compromising" position as well.
Chuan, ka post hmasa kha an innei tawh sia khatianga han tar vu kha kan KAP rei lutuk deuh dawnin ka hria a ka la thla ta mai nih kha. Thank you for your compliment by the way :)
If we are clear about our own priorities, decision making is not difficult at all! In our moments of decision making, the worst we can do is 'doing nothing'. Your princess has done something!
@maisek: yes, doing nothing at the time of decision making is just insensible. what we often misunderstood is not about doing nothing but judging the the decision from the wrong angle. selfishness has made us view decisions or actions from OUR angle many a times.
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