What If

What if this was the story of your life?
You were born to the only monarch in another life. Your parents knew that you were to reign next. Rule over everything living and dead, created and made. In fact the whole universe knew and all were glad.

But to be groomed for the job, you had to be sent away. Away to earth and in this time. Your parents sent you with a pair of subject( your earthly father and mother) to pause as your natural parents but really they are not. Then they flooded earth with many more subjects all with the aim of making you a better ruler when your time comes.

Think of it, they are all acting as instructed. The politics, the inventions, the wars where some subjects lose their lives, its all one big screen and you are the only audience. And it doesn’t matter where you started from, poor or rich home, both parents or single parent, crippled or not, it all doesn’t matter because in your kingdom all will be cleared and beautified.

So you go through life ignorant of this single fact. It is kept a secret because your true parents want to give you the opportunity to create the ruler you want to be without dictating it to you. They also want your subjects to have a feel of the real you before you step onto the throne. The only contribution they make is in directing the subjects on what to do to make your experience as real and natural as they can

You go to the bank and the teller attendant is rude to you just because she was instructed. You fall in love with someone and they love you back just because they were instructed, you choose to be corrupt, a prostitute, a priest, a rebel, a president and every choice you make determines the course of life for every one else because their instructions change whenever you make a new choice.

At many points you feel like the whole world is looking to you and indeed they are, at other points you feel no one care and yet they all do, in fact you are the reason they all exist. That is the nature of your destiny, you are that important to the whole world and low moments are not a privilege to enjoy. Constantly you are being watched and determining he course of many people and yet you don’t know.

So finally the time comes and you have to step into your rulership and you realize that a lot has always been in store for you. Many people have been waiting for you and many more have depended on you. All of them all the time. It is your crowning moment but first, a review of your life on the big giant screen, just you and every one else. You go through your life and see how every decision you made affected all of the future, how every friend you made, or enemy you created was part of the team that helped make this day possible.

You pause for a moment and realize that while you did much for the good of many, you could have done a lot more for a lot more. While you set your personal goals to be the best, you trampled on many and while you, you chose to take the back seat, there were many opportunities for you to help and be useful to many still.

With heaviness in your heart you turn your back to the throne. They orchestra stops the music; the entire kingdom is in shock that you have turned round. In you heart you know you are not worthy to rule a people that sacrificed their own lives to help make this day come to life let alone crown you as their king. And as you open your mouth to decline the privilege your natural father stands up, walks closer to you and embraces you. He looks you in the eye and says, ‘child, this day is your day, we are not mad at you. We have only watched that movie to forget all the bad you did. All we remember are your good deeds and gestures. In fact now we all wish we had come with you into time.’

Then you realize that the royalty does not only come with a crown and a respect but with the entire kingdom and the hearts of all your subjects. If you were aware of this about you , how would you respond to people?

Have a lovely day my friends, rulers or subjects.