It was a beautiful place, maybe too beautiful, where
Happiness was playing in this green field with her friends and sisters.
Then, it happened that Darkness felt jealousy, envy, hatred for the
natural joy of Happiness and tricked her into the forest saying that she
had a surprise for her and her friends, asked her not to worry and guided
her into the forest. It was getting late and Darkness took Happiness to a
place full of wild beasts.
Then, Darkness took advantage of the innocence
and naivety of Happiness and left her
to her own luck. Happiness , feeling
lost and confused walked more and more into the forest, climbed what
seemed like a small mountain but that wasn't and kept on climbing until
she felt followed by unknown beings.
Then, filled with fear and before being devoured by the wild beasts, she
threw herself from the top of the mountain and died.
Time passed and they were looking for Happiness, but could not found her
because she fell in a place full of stones and very inaccessible.
Their relatives, sisters, friends, and everybody who knew her were
suffering because they could not found her. While Darkness felt fulfilled
and satisfied and after some days she went back to the place to make sure
that she had succeeded on her misdeed, but people had already identified
that she possibly had deceived and taken Happiness and they looked for
Darkness, and when they found her they surrounded and scolded her.
When
Darkness felt in the open, since the truth is always known -although too
late
sometimes, she was full of fear because she could not denied her
actions and the sisters and friends of Happiness told her, " You probably
deceived Happiness because she was always innocent, she did not believe
that evil existed and that is why she probably followed you. What did you
do to her? Where is she?"
Darkness, feeling accused and with skin-deep guilt, decided to run
and in a moment of distraction, she run away making evident that she was
responsible of something too sinister.
She run very fast, it seemed that the wind was given her wings and she
went into the forest in a place where she could not be found. At night
time, a searching team of strong and courageous people was formed to go
into the forest. When Darkness felt their presence, she run and kept
running and this made her to follow somewhat the same route of Happiness
and by fate of destiny, she climbed the mountain but a light appeared in
front of her, a ghostly light, a light changing colors that were becoming
more intense. And Darkness saw the light approaching her and her guilt was
such that she screamed... " Don't come closer, whoever you are, I know what I did and I am afraid."
And the light took form and it was Happiness and that light said,
" Don't go on this road because if you do, you will fall and will die as I
did. Please, go back where you came from. You, poor one, you probably got
lost, it seemed that the other day we got lost, I don't know what happened
but something took me to that road where I found my final destiny. But it
will not happen to you, you poor one, you must be frightened, I will
protect you, come, lie down and have some rest.
I am now a spirit and I now understand many things, I promised myself to
stay in this place to protect the people so they will not have my same
fate and in this way, my death will not be in vain.
Come and have some rest here."
And Darkness did that and her heart of iron, stone, full of anger, hatred, envy
felt moved since never before anybody had taken care of her.
And now Happiness was in front of her, the same Happiness that she had
taken to die; Happiness seemed to be alive somewhat, but she was dead.
And she had returned to take care of the life of her own assassin and
besides she had promised herself to take care of that place.
What a teaching, what a sensibility even from death, Happiness with her
innocence and purity had won over Darkness.! Besides, Darkness, who was already leaning on the ground, felt a warm
caress over

her head, since the spirit of Happiness was emanating waves of
love and tenderness while was saying to Darkness, " Don't be afraid, I
will protect you,
no matter what happens, I will protect you."
And Darkness was calming herself and finally felt asleep but her hard
heart of stone, was already cracking, bleeding, feeling pain and remorse.
Darkness had killed the sweetest hand, the most tender, purest, most
innocent and with premeditation and evilness had taken Happiness to her
misfortune. But Happiness had turned the misfortune into a promise of
love, she had allowed her spirit to be free as the aroma of the roses
and had returned from the top of the mountain and was illuminating and
taken care of the sleep of Darkness.
Wasn't this a moving action?
Darkness had already a new transformed heart and her mind started to be
aware and
she was thinking, " What have I done? How much suffering I
caused. My evil is terrible and I regret it." And for the first time in
her dreams, she cried, begged and whined and said, "May the Creator give
this guilty one, the opportunity to mend her ways. Happiness is innocent
and I am very wicked. Happiness has moved me with her words and after what
I did to her, after inflicting her so much pain, she did not reproach me,
on the contrary, she spoke to me with kindness, tenderness, understanding.
She helped me in the most difficult moment, in the moment that I was ready
to die, she rescued and took care of me.
Lord Creator, punish me for my infamy, there is no other with more guilt
in the universe but me.
Return Happiness to life, Lord Creator, I am willing to give my life for
her. She truly loves, and besides, she is loved, I never loved anybody and
nobody ever loved me. I deserve the pain and Happiness and her family
don't deserve to suffer. Take me, oh Lord Creator to the place that I
deserve, I beg you to return the life of Happiness! And Darkness cried and
begged until she went into a very deep sleep and she saw herself in hell
and understood that evil begets evil since envy and anger will never bring
peace... And she heard a voice telling her, " What have you done, Darkness?
What have you
done, Darkness? You have been the criminal hand, you
hurt the glory of life. What have you done Darkness?" Suddenly she felt that
she was slowly awakening and a tender voice said, " Friend, my dear
friend, awake, they found us."
And then, Darkness opened her eyes and she saw that she was surrounded by
courageous and strong men with lighted lamps and she felt trapped, she had run
away and she had been found but before she could say a word, she was
helped to raise from the ground and was embraced by some arms and she was
told,
" Don't be afraid, they are my friends, my family who found us , we
got lost in the forest and they found us."
Happiness was in front of her, as alive as the bud of the flower opening
to the sunlight. Yes, she was alive, then Darkness understood that she had
been heard but nevertheless, she did not die, that the Supreme Creator had
given her the opportunity.
A new life had started for Happiness and Darkness and the next day,
Happiness was playing with her friends and sisters and there was one of
her friends who was laughing a lot.
But that friend was not called Darkness anymore her name now was Brightness. |