Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Au revior to my first love !!!

The moment, that comes but once in the long time of the rule of men, had come. The day of the calender read 4 August,2003.

It was on such an epoch that
Kingdom of Heaven had just carved out it's niche among other kingdoms as a major power and was thriving and prospering with it's full might. It was on such a night that a bright new star appeared in the sky for the first time, a night when three comrades, weary and fatigued on following the trail of this bright star for thousand miles in search of 'the chosen one',stood facing the bastion of the institute, which was reckoned to be one of the best in the world in producing valiant warriors. And it was in such an hour that a young pupil,incognizant of the forthcoming incident which was going to change his life,was deep asleep inside the walls of that institute after his strenuous trainning day.

"You've been chosen to serve the
Kingdom of Heaven my child.You've to leave your land and people to serve them and battle out their problems" -an angel was talking to the pupil in his dreams.
"
Kingdom of heaven is having problems ??? Isn't it supposed to be Utopia ?? That's why they call it kingdom of heaven." - inquired the startled pupil.
"Yes, it is Utopia. But currently it's facing some operational problems, problèmes opérationnel as they call it" - replied the Angel.
"But I'm in middle
of my trainning and moreover I don't have any experience to do this" - said the pupil with a worried face.
"Fear not my child. I have already summoned Commodor Legalus to help you out. He was leading the armies in the battlefield, but now he'll be spearheading the operational battle. I have commissioned three comrades from
Kingdom of Heaven who will select you for this assignment tomorrow.Your job is to earnestly complete the trainning and join Commodor Legalus on 7th-June,2004. You would serve them for a little over one year, and then leave for City of Zion." - explained the angel.
"May I know to which general I'ld be reporting to ?" - asked the pupil.
"General Vitalstatistix" - were the last words
of the angel.

As destined to be his fate, the pupil was selected by the three comrades the very next day and he joined Operational Team under Vitalstatistix on the momentous day
of 7th-June,2004.The pupil honed his skills under the able guidance of Commodor Legalus and served the Kingdom of Heaven as best as he could have done. Things were tough for the pupil at times when he felt solitary and there was nobody at his side to help him, but he always did his level best to aid Legalus and VitalStatistix in marshalling and manoeuvering the Operational combat.

The pupil always wondered what is it in
Kingdom of Heaven (KOH) that makes it Utopia ? This unfathomable mystery beleaguered him throughout his stay at KOH. Things were getting worse for the pupil as his stay at KOH was coming to an end. At the start, it was just an assignment for him, but slowly he was starting to like the place. It was tough for him to leave all the indispensable comrades that he made at KOH, he only wished he could stay longer here.

But humans are only at the pity
of determinism, which seldom changes it's course. The day of the calender read 4 August-2005, the night before the pupil's last day at KOH, excatly 2 years after the day when the angel appeared in pupil's dream for the first time. The pupil went to sleep hoping that the angel would again come in his dream.

"My child, is it sorrow that I see on your face ?" - the angel was indeed talking to the pupil in his dream.
"Yes, my Lord !" - answered the sad pupil.
"And may I know the reason for this ?" - the angel said with a faint smile on his face.
"I think I'm beginning to like this place and I wish I can stay longer here." - said the pupil.
"But that is not at all possible. As you already know, your stay was here for only one year.Now you have to move to Zion. I see that you have one more question for me !!" - the angel said with a playful smile on his face.
"It's been there in my mind for sometime. Working under Commodor Legalus was like walking on sand for me.In euphoric times, I can see 4 foot-prints on the sand which I presumed to be
of me and Commodor, but in difficult times I can only see two foot-prints ! Why did the Commodor leave me when I was in trouble ? Why didn't you ask him to help me ?" - complained the pupil.
"You are badly mistaken my Child !! The two foot-prints that you saw were that
of your Commodor and not your's. I instructed Commodor to carry you on his shoulders when you're in trouble. So, have you unravelled the mystery of prosperity of Kingdom of Heaven ?" - again a playful smile appeared on angel's face.
"Yes !!" - said the pupil. Now it was the turn
of the Angel to get perplexed.
"So tell me, what is it ?" - the Angel was anxious to hear the answer.
"It's the people who live in the
Kingdom of Heaven. It's not the formidable walls and the inpenetarble army that it has, but it's the people who live inside those walls which make it Kingdom of Heaven. Previously I thought that these people are fortunate to live in Kingdom of Heaven, but actually the Kingdom of Heaven is fortunate to have them." - was the end of conversation between the pupil and the angel.

The calender reads 5th August,2005 and this is the last day
of the pupil at Kingdom of Heaven.