I Want to Fly High

1. I want to fly high,
   With neither wealth nor power,
   But on the wings of mindfulness..
   Fueled with the simplicity of my poor heart.
   

   I want to fly high,
   Not on a mundane name
   Or an earthly fame,
   But on a selfless quest without end.

Women:The Power of One

Exceptional nine months affiliated with her,

Brought up with love and care subsequently with the first blink,

For she has scarified all her life, to bring us on course.

Even so why hate her

For she is mother of You, I and They.

You and I, need sponge to cry with,

Tender love heart to be cared for,

Pampering nature to be played with.

For she has became spongy kit,

A better half caring your heart like hers,

And meeting the inevitably comrade of our coddle.

Even so why hate her, for she is

Wife of You, I and They.

A pleasure of companionship is all men's need,

A privileges of partner in crime is what men wants,

A need of someone for you to talk full-length is what men aspire for.

For she has made every doable ways to be with you,

To walk with you in the pleasure of your youth-hood

and made time out of busy schedule to talk all day.

Even so why hate her,

For she is Girl Friend of You, I and They.

The Good Teacher

A good teacher is a person who finds individual approach to every pupil, taking care about the child’s adaptation in class, increasing one’s social status in class and making sure the children learn to take into account and respect the thoughts of other people.

Teaching can without any doubts be called the leading power of the society’s development. It is well known that there exist three main factors that influence the development of the personality. They are: heredity, social encirclement and education. Usually the term education is used meaning the great impact that parent have on the future personality of their child. But this also includes school education, because nowadays, when parents are very busy they are the people, who teach children what is beautiful and what is ugly, what is right and what is wrong. Through them children learn to perceive the inner world. And the way they perceive it depends on the teacher’s personal particularities that are transmitted to children through interaction and the knowledge that the teacher offers them. A good teacher is a person who finds individual approach to every pupil, taking care about the child’s adaptation in class, increasing one’s social status in class and making sure the children learn to take into account and respect the thoughts of other people.

Therefore there is much more to a teacher than high professionalism. What makes kids hardly wait until the lesson starts in one cases and hating the subject in others? Of course high professionalism in the field of the taught subject is very important, but when it comes to being a bad or a good teacher this is not the weightiest factor. A good teacher is a person who not just reproduces the knowledge he got. Not a person that only brings up the interest to the subject. It is a person who finds individual approach to every pupil, taking care about the child’s adaptation in class, increasing one’s social status in class and making sure the children learn to take into account and respect the thoughts of other people. It is a man or a woman that cannot “play” the teacher’s role but he in the first place “a feeling human being” in front of the students, a person that can show emotional response. For example, if the teacher is professionally good enough but does not take critics from the pupils constructively or does not explain why he thinks he is right this makes a huge gap between the students and the teacher. And when there is no emotional contact the learning cannot be called successful, for the students are not completely involved. When the teacher does not treat students as people that obey him, treats them like they are equal to him and explains equally to everybody it can really be a pointer of a “good” teacher. And one other very important thing is creativity.

One of the indicators of a “good” teacher it is his desire to teach in a new, original form, adding something new and personal to make the learning process as exciting as it can possibly be. A bad teacher is a person that focuses only on the information he provides not taking into account the children or anything. It is a person that is doing its job. Such a person can be very good in the theoretical part of his subject but he will never have students being emotionally attached to him. It is a teacher that lets his personal mood influence on the way he treats his students, etc. That cannot reduce awkward situations with humor either it is him in the situation or his student. Being a good teacher is about loving children and wanting to give them only the best the teacher has inside of him.

Can GNH Live?

The argument between wealth and happiness is one of the epic points to be debatable in today’s world. Many believe that if Gross Domestic Product of country is rising, ultimate result is that economic development of the country is in full swing making their citizens happy. However, according to Richard Layard and David Brooks, they states that, ‘with the rise in income of the country, instead of bringing happiness in the country, there are more of unhappiness arising in the country.

Correspondently, they believe in the beliefs of nineteenth-century economist, ‘that the extra income is greatest when you are poor, and declines steadily as you get richer, the effect of extra income on happiness is greatest in the poorest countries, where people are nearest to the breadline” (p.33). Happiness is more important than wealth. This is the official policy in Bhutan, where King Jigme Singye Wangchuck prefers to speak of Gross National Happiness, rather than Gross National Product, setting the theme for careful development and gradual change. The differences between Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Happiness are perceived quite amazingly in Bhutan. When rest of the world believes that happiness is generated with rise in the Gross domestic product, Bhutan believes that, happiness can be generated if all the citizens are happy. Seemingly, the concept of Gross National Happiness (GNH) is prior to Gross Domestic Product and all the developments in Bhutan are considered in aligned to Gross National Happiness.

To the extent, happiness can be brought about when the economic status of a country is stable. Consequently, keeping GNH concept into consideration, Bhutan’s economic development is taking place at high stake. Unanimously, many believes that with so many economic developments in Bhutan, will it be possible for Bhutanese to maintain their concept of GNH. To the perception of my sense organ, I believe that Bhutan can maintain the general welfare and happiness for so many years to come. As per Richard and Brooks, they give verdicts that after the basic necessities have been achieved, income is only lightly connected to well being. In case of Bhutan, even after achieving basic necessities, income will be connected to total well being of the Bhutanese. Bhutan, consider happiness on top for achieving economic income. For an instance, for the economic developments of Bhutanese economy, unlike other countries, Bhutan give much priority on conservation of culture, protection of environment, sustainable economic development and make sure good governance.

People of Bhutan will live in harmony, peace and happiness for many years to come, because Bhutan gives equal importance to economic development and happiness. Indeed, Bhutan follow middle-path, economic development on one side while keeping the happiness of people on other side. Even if Bhutan reach double living standard, Bhutan will never lose its value of happiness, since the foundation of middle-path is made in such a way that even the highest magnitude earthquake will be not able to shake the foundation. To the word of Richard and Brooks, they said that countries like India, Mexico, Philippines, Brazil and South Korea have experienced economic growth, but not happiness. The reason being for this weakness is that at first place they have only thought of economic growth and never taken in consideration, happiness of people. Whereas, Bhutan always place happiness of people before the economic growth and in times to come even after achieving economic growth, happiness will linger in every society, because happiness of people will become like tradition and culture. 

According to Karma Tshiteem, Secretary, Gross National Happiness Commission, “A strong sense of identity is critical for a sense of well being,” similarly, because of our strong identity, we can maintain happiness forever.  Bhutanese place happiness before the achievement of economic growth and they always believe in gross happiness and value of the life.

My Dear MOM and DAD

I love you my dear mom and dad. You gave me life and you have helped me so much to grow up and taught me how to live in this world. You gave and gave and still you give me so much that are priceless in this world.

You two care less about yourself and you fed me and cleaned my faces, wiped my noses. You gave me toys and taught me how to play and how to go about in my life. You gave me golden words and taught me what to say, how to behave and what a person I should become.

You gave me clothes to keep me warm and did your best to keep me from harm and dark world. Your love and affection is the greatest wealth that I ever had in my life.

I was showed my path and gave me the direction towards which I have to proceed. I was lifted up and when I feel down gave me the moral support to become successful.

The things that I need to cope up, I got from you, the faith and love. You gave me the best years of your life through pain or sickness and even in strife. Even during good times and bad times you gave me everything.

My dear mom and dad I have learned from you so much to have a hold and how to touch, to laugh, to cry and to stand as a proud man in the crowd.

I remember, you saying that I shouldn't be selfish and I have to share, how to love and how to care for other. The respecting of elderly and showing pity on younger one are good quality that you have put in me.

Now to turn the page, you taught me how to age, how to grow old gracefully, how to look back gratefully, how to hold you in my heart like you have held me from the start. Now it’s my turn to give to you but all I have has come from you and what I have I will give to you freely just as you gave to me.

When you gave me everything, you just gave me expecting nothing in return but to love and live the way you used to live.  I salute you and I will never ever let two of you down.

I love you my dear mom and dad and I miss you so much.

MY BELOVED AUNT

When I came to Thimphu after my graduation, I was happy to have a nice stay with my beloved aunt. The most memorable moment in my life was, when she called me my dear son.

My aunt was the greatest person in this world and she was the one of a kind and one in a million people.

If I compare, she has one of the biggest heart with the most caring touch and she shares her heart with most of the people and many of us loves her the way she was. Inside her soul was full of love and compassion with pure love and yet I can say she’s worth way more than glittering gold.

To me she is, she was and she will be always the most beautiful person to walk the earth and remember her in every steps of my life. She was one of the smartest women that I value in my life and she truly shows to the world her way of good deeds. Indeed I would be sure to say that she was incomparable to anyone and no one even can come close to her the way she used to be.

I appreciate all the advice she has given to me and for that I take it in with great pleasure and immense gratitude. Those memories will be cherished in my life and for they are priceless I will never let it fall.

For all she has done to me, I will be very much thankful to her and will be grateful to her forever. Even if I am not worthy, in my heart, my love for her will grow as the days passes by.

On a high pedestal is where I hold her, and for me I admire her so much more than she knows and will keep on admiring her and her deeds to me.

For she was my part of life, that is the greatest gift of all in my life. Her presence to me was like a god’s blessing to me. When I prudently looked inside her, I see that strong, wise woman and I hope to become like her one day.

She was always a giving, helpful, loving, caring and kind to everyone. If I define her in one word, she is angel befallen on earth. She was not only my favorite aunt but she was my role model too and one day I like to become like her and I would wish to be like her.

Thank you my dear aunt for believing in me and supporting me always.

May my beloved aunt rest in peace and may her reach to  heavenly abode very soon. I will miss you my dear aunt. Love you and will love you always and will never forget your good deeds. I will miss you.....

With Love Sonam Jartsa

What’s Next Now?

This time last year, when the Royal Civil Service Examination (RCSC) result was declared, my result was just fitting. Out of 336 students who had appeared in the Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration category, only 36 were enrolled in Royal Institute of Management (RIM) as always. I was ranked in top 70’s and was not able to get admission in RIM. When the time for assortment in Civil Service was piloted I was selected to track my Post Graduate Diploma in Education and off to my knowledge I didn’t go for that one. The then what RCSC called the eligibility certificate with one year validity was given to those graduates who had passed RCSC exam. 

Then the time for race in job market was in full swing. The announcements in various Ministries’, departments, private sectors and so on and so forth were announced and those unfiltered one have to contest and try to get catch with one of the profession. The earlier scheme of waiting list after exam was no more in plan and even after passing exam the getting of job become more chaotic. If one wills to join there were some excuses in his/her mind whether to join or not to join. Slowly but surely, the time passes nippily without one’s notice and the validity of eligibility certificates comes to the end of life.

Similar is the case for every batch of graduates and if you are not strong-minded then the problem will be following us in every state of affairs. This year, when the RCSC result was declared, some were happy and some were not. Among them was one of my friends and now I know what kind of pressure is building in his mind. All I have told him was, just to stress-free and everything will be fine. I don’t mean to be sure, but that is the way how to soothe the shattered one. The fact is now, he will have harsh journey until his destiny. If luck favor’s him, he will have good job very soon, otherwise he have to go for another course of action.

That’s just one example; similar to him there are lots of graduates who will now have to fight against the race of time. Even after 3 years of graduation, there are still some who are still in hunt for good job and I am also one amongst them. When time to look for good job, they ask us our experience and without job how will we have experience. If we have experience then they ask us for our qualification. Indeed, the job arcade in Bhutan is totally complex and full of miss match in profession.

The graduates hereafter will have rough time looking for work. Every year the numbers of graduates are increasing but with no increase in job openings. At this time all we have to do is we have to really ponder from our kidney and make our living even if the job is not suitable for us. Not all jobs are bad, if you will and smudge your fortitude, where ever we work, we get gratification and make us joyful at the end of the day.  Getting a chance is quite thought-provoking, but when you get any, go for it and that will make variance in your career.