" When I was a boy, I use to love swimming in the evenings. One day the tide was high, and the wave pull me to the middle of the ocean. I was afraid I would die, and so I prayed for safety. And God helped pull me back to shore .....
Henry VIII is like a boy swimming in the ocean. He is pulled strongly by the waves, yet he does not asked for help, he does not scream, he wants to swim on his own. Let him be... when the time comes, he will realize, he is no longer swimming... but drowning ! "
Let us get to know a bit about King Henry VIII before I start on my little story.
Ok so from the various books, stories, screenplay, history that I have read about King Henry VIII, it tells a story about a man who was lucky enough that his Dad won a war and so got him the opportunity to inheret the throne of the English Monarchy. Because he was a handsome man when he was made King ( and top it all, inhereted LOTS of $$ ), he obviously knows he can get any women he wants. He first got married to his brothers widow ( since his brother pass away ), and had many mistresses on the side. He then fought to marry a cunning women, Lady Anne Boleyn , to the point of even breaking the relationship with Rome as the Pope at that time didn't allow him to divorce the first wife !
But guess what, when he later realized he wasn't all too keen with Anne Boleyn anymore, he got her beheaded and married another women !! Many more lost their heads during his reign. In the 1430s these heads was later hung on various parts of London to warn others not to go against him.
Don't let me get started on what he did to the Churches, monasteries and educational centres - basically he blew them up and if he could he would have made them dissappear from planet earth. Why did he do it ?? Because they simply won't fulfill what he wanted ! Notorious ? Indeed ....
Back to 2011 !
Apparently, there is someone who kinda wanna be another King Henry VIII. No no...there wasn't any beheading .... but there was, what shall I call it ? Metaphoric Killing.
The 'just-follow-what-boss-wants' or the 'dont-argue-even-if-you-think-it's-right' attitude will get you by with this person. Not meant as a criticism but just an observation.
Oh yess, there is the screams, the yell at you moment, the files flying out the room, the shut-up-and-listen-to-me moments. There were many of it.... And if you speak, argue, fight for what you believe, disagree.. you would be killed. Pick up your stuff, pack it in a box and start job-streeting !
So there you go, the King Henry VIII of the 21st century....
More ? Yes..there is more. Cardinal Wolsey coming up.
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