Fortune smiled benignly at the young monk as he stood at the door of the monastery, his shaved pate glistening in the sunlight. Years of dedicated efforts had lifted him from the ordinary domain of his life to give him the special chance of meeting the highest authority of the land...the Dalai Lama..All his years of training at self control couldn't wipe away the euphoric feeling as he stepped within the gates to meet his childhood ideal! Look, after all, this is a once in a lifetime occasion in anyone's life...so he did have every right to be so buoyantly ebullient!

- Orion