The king continues

Whoa!! I was in the shower this morning thinking about this post and continuing the story from yesterday, I pretty much had it constructed and found that the first comment was exactly where I was going (except for the therapy bit). Freaky! Anyways.....


After a while, paused in reflection, the king realised that it was not the teasing of the ladies that had their attention, it was the complete comfortableness of the knights. The knights were totally confident in themselves and the ladies of the kingdom could see that. What's more, the king was able to see the differences between the knights.

The knight who was the most obsessed over and the most respected had a complete absence of jealously, in fact, he was almost untouchable. The king thought of other knights in other kingdoms that were similar and had a similar effect. The king also realised that some knights that were very proficient at mucking around and teasing, but were also capable of much jealously had the attention of the ladies, but only for a short time.

So, the lovely young king could see his quest forming, but he didn't know where to start, where does one acquire such confidence in oneself? The king thought back to primitive cultures where the transition from boyhood to manhood involved testing and often had potential for great phyiscal and emotional challenges. The boys had to face those fears and emerge the other side as men, confident they could handle anything else they would face in their lives.

The lovely young king had always led an easy and comfortable life where everything had always worked out and so had never had any reason to test his mettle. The road ahead seemed unclear....