We grow up longing to be King --- for the perks, the popularity,
the power. But mostly, because we just know, down deep in the
very fiber of our being, that we could do it better . It's what
filled our dreams as a kid; and it's what still gets us out of
bed on occasion. It IS the American Dream --- "If
I ever get there, I'm gonna - - - "
But
most Kings are duds. Somehow, they've lost whatever dream
once fueled them. They sold too much of themselves on their way
to the throne. Or squelched too much. Or stepped on, or lopped
off, too many toes during their quest. So they spend their time
in petty self protection or revenge.
The
only King worth being, is one who remembers his dream once
he achieves the throne. Alexander the Great dreamed of an assimilated
empire, and as a result gave us western civilization. The consuls
of the Roman Republic dreamed of a system of paved roads and aqueducts,
which moved humanity from the farm to the city and brought about
the rise of the Roman Empire. . And in 392 AD Emperor Theodosius
granted Christianity a monopoly in the Roman Empire - unleashing,
for better or worse, 1800 years of history. The question for you,
therefore, is this ---
