LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

Life is beautiful. I know it. And I am a miracle.
Every cardiologist looks at me with excitement, some do not even believe in me until they thoroughly check my heart with their strange gadgets.
I should have been dead according to their theory. I have such a terrible heart condition (Tetralogy of Fallot) that almost all the patients with this condition do not survive past age of 20. Some cardiologists haven’t even heard of my condition; only pediatric cardiologists.
My 33 years of life was a struggle of my heart against the death. Western medical science gave up on my heart condition when I was 7 years old. My parents turned to traditional medicine. My first healer was an old Mongolian monk and second was an old Tibetan Monk. They taught me how to control my heart, breath and body, a kind of exercise similar to Tai Qi.
I took my control over my body and began to defy all the medical restrictions. This defiance shaped my attitude and profession; life as whole. When I was a child, all my time was spent between family, school and hospital. I did not have any chance to go around, to play with other children and to socialize. I was isolated and became a shy guy. When I entered into a high school, I did not even know how politely say “thank you” or “sorry.” It does not mean, I did not have such feelings, but simply could not say it.
Therefore, my primary goal became the learning of talking with people politely.
I referred to my old friends, books about how to do that. I love to read. I spent all my lonely childhood talking with books. That is how I grew up to be a researcher.
I red Dale Carnegie books. I designed my smile and gestures and practiced it in every moment of talking. Eventually, I slowly progressed. My talk improved step by step and I ended up working in Parliament; talking with politicians.
Learning to talk was my first challenge in my socialization, now I think. I became confident; and started to defy other challenges.
I tried to make all my dreams; and dreams came true day by day. I red many science fiction books and wanted to became a scientist. Now, I am not a scientist, but a scholar and work in the Academic World. I red many novels on secret service and wanted to became a tough spy like James Bond. Now, I am not a spy, but an analyst in security affairs; an important man behind the scene! My dream was to travel around the world. Now, I’ve been in three different continents and 13 different countries of the world.
I defied the all physical restrictions imposed on me by doctors. I sould not walk long, I should not sit long, I should not drive, I should not fly, I should not eat sousages and I should not have a sex, even.
Now, I walk every morning quite long, sometimes run. I sit long when I read. I drive every day. I fly frequently. I eat fat, juicy, barbeque steak. And I have married the most beautiful woman in the world and have a son, the most handsome boy in the world. My family is the greatest achievement I ever had and it gave me a new lease of life. I love my wife and son.
I overcame the all social problems I faced. My life would not have been worth living if I strictly followed all the doctors’ restrictions. Luckily, I did not.
I graduated a University, recieved my Master in Legal Science. I am working my second Master in Security Studies in Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. I have submitted my doctor’s dissertation and expect my PhD in this fall.
I worked in the Parliament of Mongolia, The Ministry of Defense, The National University and now, in the National Security Council.
I learned how to talk with people. Now, I am learning how to give a public speech. I will need this skill, may be, if I challenge myself to be a politician. For that, this Toastmaster Club will significantly help me.
Life is beautiful. I know that. And I am a miracle.