T9

Tian shi 9

Monkey King

Monkey king is feeling much better now. He replaced his heavy metal stick with a lighter one to relieve his hand pain. He understood that life style changes are necessary when some red light signals flash in the health pathway.

He quit from almost majority of his monkey WhatsApp groups. It all started from his school group. One of his childhood buddy tried to truncate Monkey King's verbose in the group. Already a single man suffering a lot in the foreign country, Monkey king lost his cool, which is a very rare happening. He quit his school group in a jiffy, to be requested by his buddy to rejoin. Monkey king was yet to cool down, he said no.

The very next day he was contacted by some of his school buddies, who advised him to rejoin the group. One went ahead and added Monkey King back in the group. This infuriated the first friend, who thought he was not respected anymore. He threatened Monkey king to exit the group, or else face forceful eviction. The same happened and Monkey king was thrown out of the group this time.

After a couple of weeks, everyone discovered that at this age, petty fights are no more warranted. Friends greeted each others, they joined back the group and happily lived after.

Monkey king realized one thing from Indian puranas. There used to live Demons called Asuras, who were physically strong and invincible. Often the secret of their virtual immortality was the fact their life or the soul was not stored in their respective bodies. It was stored elsewhere safely in a parrot or owl which lived safely in a tree hole much far away.

The same logic is applicable to Monkey King these days, though he has a loving wife and children who ensure him security always, his heart and soul these days stay happily with his Tian Shi, with whom he shares a unique and special relationship in spite of seas separating them. Is it friendship or love, better leave it undefined. Let us eat drink sleep and have fun, live in the current moment. Cheers