Our Destiny Awaits

Coverpage
Introduction
Story One:  Unrequited Love
Story Three:  Draupadi's Day
Story Four:  Hopeless Romantic



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Dear Diary,

     I was sitting in the flower garden today when I came up with a wonderful idea.  My fantastic idea was to have lunch on the balcony with a few of my close friends.  Since Spring has arrived, I figured we would take advantage of the beautiful afternoon in store for us.  I invited Daddy to come, but as you all know, life as a King puts a restriction on spur of the moment lunches.  I can't wait for lunch on the balcony, it will be so relaxing to catch up on all the rumors with my girlfriends.

Best wishes,

Sita

Dear Diary,

     Well, lunch on the balcony was AMAZING.  However, there was something a bit unexpected that happened during lunch.  Out of nowhere comes a handsome man walking past the palace.  Being the princess and all, I typically can recognize everyone that I encounter, but this man was a stranger.  The man walking by grabbed my attention instantly by his presence alone.  While I was staring down at him, he looked up at me and I literally felt like my heart fell to the floor.  Soon after our eyes locked, he walked out of my sight.  I've felt nauseous and anxious ever since.  I hope I can figure out who this man is before I completely lose my mind and my health!

Best wishes,

Sita

Dear Diary,

    Since the last time I've written in my diary, I've been a bit ill.  I think you can honestly say I'm lovesick.  I know I cannot be in love with a man I only saw once.  It seems so crazy because I didn't even talk to him.  This is so out of character for me.  Typically, I am so put together and calm.  It's almost like this man has powers over me and that he has put his spell on me.  How can a man do this to a woman?

Best wishes,

Sita

Dear Diary,

     Daddy was supposed to stop by my room today to visit.  He knows that I haven't been feeling well.  He doesn't know why because I made the servants swear to secrecy.  However, I heard a knock on the door and I just knew it would be my dad.  Well, it wasn't him, but a messanger summoning me to the court.  So, now the servants are making me go outside to see something they tell me I will not believe.  I'll have to write in the details later, but now I've got to hurry and get out there.

Best wishes,
  
Sita

Dear Diary,

     Okay, you will never believe what happened when I went to find out what all the craze was about.  My father found a man who could bend Shiva's bow that had been given to my father.  Everyone knows that I cannot marry a man until he can bend the bow.  It was amazing that someone had the strength to do so.  That's not all the news.  Guess who the man was?  It was the same man that I have been sick about all week!!!  The man's name is Rama and he is the prince of Adhoya.  We are going to be wed in a few days and I honestly cannot wait.  He is the man of my dreams and it is destiny that has brought us together.  At the beginning of th week I was excited about my lunch plans.  I've gone from lunch plans to wedding plans in a single week!  I would have never guessed this would have happened to me!  Well, I'm off to go be with the love of my life now.

Best wishes,

Sita



Author's Note:

You have just read my second story from the Ramayana.  I took parts of the story from both Narayan and Buck.  I hope you enjoyed reading the diary entries.  They were obviously written by Sita.  I told the story through her eyes and tried to incorporate her feelings into each entry as she met Rama.  As you read in the diary entries, Sita was head over heels for Rama the instant she laid eyes on him.  She loved him and knew she was destined to love him and devote her life to him as his wife.  As it turns out, she actually does do that very thing.  Rama proves that he is capable of taking care of Sita and gains her father's approval.  Later on in their life, Rama is exiled to the forest by his father, King Dasaratha, for fourteen years.  Sita follows him into the forest to show her loyalty.  Sita chooses to never leave his side.   While in the forest with Rama, Sita is kidnapped by the evil Ravana.  She still doesn't give up.  Sita knows that Rama loves her.  She also knows that he shares the same loyalty in their marriage.  Rama eventually rescues Sita.  I just love their story.  It gives me hope that people are really destined to be together sometimes.  I think that this story of Rama and Sita  fits into my storybook by offering another version of love.  In the first story, Unrequited Love, you get to see a one-sided love story.  In this story, Our Destiny Awaits, you get to see a love story between two people who love one another equally.



Bibliography Information: 
Narayan, R.K. (1972) The Ramayana:  A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic.
Buck, William (1976) Ramayana:  King Rama's Way.

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