Why this Losar, I am grateful to be a Bhutanese!

This morning I woke up thinking about the kind of Losar message I would I like to share on my Facebook page at the start of the new Lunar year: what am I thankful for? What am I looking forward to?

My mind has been fully occupied for the last twelve hours in a monologue as a result of those questions. Feeling a little like Calvino’s, ‘Mr.Palomar’, I have been pondering the meaning of being a Bhutanese: it is only natural that I do so because when I give thanks for the year gone by, the first thing I am grateful for is being Bhutanese. But why am I grateful for being a Bhutanese?

Glorious October

As I watch His Majesty perform the Zhey with the Prime Minister, other ministers, and Members of Parliament, I marvel at how unique we are. Nowhere in the world would you see this. We as Bhutanese have many reasons to be proud. Not only is our King the humblest among rulers, he is also the most compassionate.  He is as normal as you and I, even in his expression of affection.