One sweet sunny day, in a land where no one sees perfection, lives the race called “Feelings”. They live in a village known as “The Life Village” . The houses in the place are exotic and their ambiance are distinct. For instance, Ms. Inlove’s house is colored pink and her rose plants were always blooming. The next block was Mr. Proud’s residence. His house is very grandiose, wowing and big. Following was Mr. Courageous’ place. His house is covered with bright colors and dogs never stop greeting with their barks. The last was Ms. Bitter’s residence. Her house is painted with pale colors and it looks like nobody is living. Everytime other feelings passed by there, they feel very down. These four houses were in the street named “Journey Street” .
Always and everyday, the street is happy and festive. Ms. Inlove never fails to deliver sweet chocolates to every houses. Mr. Proud on the other hand exhibits and shares his marvelous paintings. Mr. Courageous is always on the go for setting games and challenges during leisure time. The three were living simply with smiles on their faces except Ms. Bitter- who is always aloof, sitting in a corner, wearing a sad face, with nothing to offer nor the interest to make friends with.
One day, a stranger visits the village. He was Master Pain. He is known for messing things up. While walking along the street, he purposedly stepped on Ms. Inlove’s blooming flowers. He did this infront of her. Master Pain spoke “ ooh.. Poor lovely lady. Poorest lovely flowers!! Ha-ha!!” . Ms. Inlove cried and said “ Oh my beloved flowers! Don’t worry.. I’ll make you grow again, I’ll fetch you water of love.. Master Pain.. that’s not adorable of you. Please go now!” Master Pain never listened; he kept on annoying Ms. Inlove. But Ms. Inlove only ignore him and instead focused in watering her flowers and making them well again. Master Pain noticed that he is not getting her attention anymore, so he decided to leave.
Along the walk, Master Pain saw Mr. Proud’s big home. Being envy, he throw stone on it’s window then spoke “Uh-oooh! Where’s your grandiose window now?? It’s broken! Look! You have nothing to be proud of!!” . Mr. Proud was shocked and he replied “ Oh my extravagant windows! Don’t worry.. I’ll put back the pieces now.. I’ll just get my hammer of vigor.. And you’ll look extraordinary again.. Master Pain.. that’s not admirable of you. Please leave now!”. Again, Master Pain never listened, he kept on distracting Mr. Proud from fixing the broken window. But Mr. Proud did not mind him and instead concentrated in connecting the parts and painting them again. Master Pain realized that he is not winning his attention anymore, so he decided to leave.
Looking for something to spoil, Master Pain saw Mr. Courageous’ sword. He bend this until it snapped. Master Pain spoke “ wooah! You don’t have your sword! It’s gone. It’s broken! You are Mr. Coward now!! Ha-ha!” . To his surprise, Mr. Courageous went down on bended knees and said “ Oh my brave sword! Don’t worry.. I’ll never surrender in fixing you.. Master Pain.. that’s not pleasing of you. Please vacate now!”. Again, Master Pain never heed, he kept on disturbing Mr. Courageous from fixing the sword. But Mr. Courageous never paid attention to him and instead focused more in getting the sword fixed. Master Pain noticed that he is not affective, so he decided to leave.
Finally, he met Ms. Bitter. He sat down with her.
“Leave me alone!!” Ms. Bitter commanded.
“oooh! I’ve done you nothing worse? Why are you forsaking me!” , Master Pain replied.
“I don’t care , I hate you! I hate everyone!”
“really? So we’re match! That’s great! “
“Shut up or else I’ll punch you!! You are no good at all!”
“Exactly. Why you know? J “
“Damn you! Can you just back off?? I have no business with you! I have no business with the world! You can destroy nothing from me! I have nothing! See? I have nothing!! So get lost!”
“ Who says I want to destroy something from you? And yeah, you have nothing except for yourself. It’s the only thing you’ve got, dude! YOURSELF! And it seems that you don’t need my help!”
“I don’t need your help, of course! And who says I need it?? You cannot destroy me!! Never!!”
“oh well , sure thing! I will never destroy you.. because before my attempt, you are already doing me a favor.. uh-ooh..”
“what?! I don’t give a damn favor for a damn stranger like you!! “
“ooh... shut up, dude.. Don’t you noticed? I said you only got yourself. It’s the only thing you have- YOURSELF. Dude, you’re really idiot. Don’t you think I never planned to destroy you? If you ain’t got nothing but your own self, then why shan’t I destroy you, anyways? Of course , at first I was thinking of ruining your own left self! But it seems that you ceased that task from me..”
“what the fuckin’ stuff you mean?!”
“Because you are deconstructing yourself with your bitterness already.... “
“I am Master Pain, I love messing things up.. I have met your three neighbors awhile ago, but I cannot spoil stuffs in them.. They managed to shoo me away... easily.. “
“I don’t get you.. yah, I saw you destrrrracting things in them, the prrrrreecious thing they haaave, and yah, you spend a little time with those jerks.. But wait, why are you still here with me ?! You must’ve been bored already! You can get nothing from me, ya’know! So shoo! You’re taking my time!!”
“Exactly. That’s what I want... Your TIME.. The more you dwell on me, the more I mess up things in you.. Tell me, as our conversations run through, aren’t you feeling shit? As long as you cling on me, you’ll make yourself more bitter. I remember you said awhile ago, “you are not good at all!” . Oh really? Yeah. Perfect, dude! I am no good at all. But have you ever tried to ask yourself, “ If he’s no good at all, why am I talking to him? If he’ll give me no goodness, why am I wasting my attention and time speaking to him?”
Ms. Bitter’s eyes started to be teary. Master Pain continued.
“Because you are bitter... You don’t use your mind.. You are too driven by your bitterness that you forgot you have wasted too much effort, too much time, too much attention on me- PAIN.. And you can never take away that bitterness in you unless you allow yourself to ignore me.. like how Ms. Inlove, Mr. Pride and Mr. Courageous did.. when I tried to distract Ms. Inlove, I hear her telling to herself, “Love can wait for time to heal the wounds..” when I tried to interrupt Mr. Proud, I hear him cheering himself “Be proud beyond the struggles you face. Not because you gain something but because you have the time to win back what you lose in the battle..” And the lines that Mr. Courageouse drove me away “One is said to have the courage not when he is not afraid to revenge, but when he has the time to solve the damage...” naah.. Those things, bores me. So I easily left them. It doesn’t entertain me at all , ya’know. But you, look at yourself dude, talking to me.. talking to PAIN! Spending much time with PAIN! Hey Ms. Bitterness, think: BY BEING BITTER ALONE, YOU ARE BEFRIENDING ME. YOU ARE MAKING YOURSELF WORSE AND YOU ARE CLOSING THE DOORS TO “BETTERNESS”. Stay close to me, let’s spend days forever, and you will see how does it feel to be locked in PAIN ! “
