Loneliness and bitterness work side by side.
Loneliness accompanies bitterness, it is an effect of being lonely . A lonely person is always a bitter person, always getting mad on the irrelevants, blaming others or their selves for their shortcomings.
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I grew up in a family that has never experienced dull moments, growing up was filled with precious memories, to the extent that I almost concluded, that every child in their family enjoys the same privilege. I never thought people, especially children could have bitter experiences until I met a girl in school.
I was a new student in that school, I had a lot of things to observe being a newbie, the new environment, the new faces, people’s behaviors and the likes. Mingle and studying with my new classmates wasn't so difficult for me because other kids in my class were happy, cheerful and welcoming as well except this girl named Silver who was always alone, she had no friends, she never spoke to people and does all her things by herself.
After some days in the new school and after I had noticed that Silver was always quiet, I asked my friends about her. They they told me that she just likes to do things all by herself. I knew she could talk and that she was neither deaf nor dumb but the problem was what I did not know.
Classmates called her SADDEST, they called her by the name even at her presence, not minding if it hurts her or not.
One day, after school period was over, we boarded the same bus home. While in the bus, I made an attempt to greet her and start a conversation but she wasn't flowing as expected till I stopped talking. All this while, knowing we had been staying in the same street.
I was curious, I wanted to know what exactly the problem was. A week after our encounter in the bus, after school periods, I followed her home secretly to see her place and perhaps be lucky to see those who makes her smile, I was just being concerned about Silver.
It was a mansion she entered, a complete setting of a house. The house seemed quite, no trace or traces of anyone being around with her which made me became more nervous, I was forced to ask people about it in her neighborhood, they declared to me that Silver lived alone, she had no family and nor friends. I can remember that I asked if her parent traveled, but no one had a specific answer to that.
I kept close eyes on her till one day, I was opportuned to meet her aunt. I introduced myself to her and showed concern about her niece. She narrated Silver’s story and why she has ended up the way she was. It was really a sad story I heard about her.
one day Silver was traveling with her parent for a vacation, she was 5 years old. They were involved in a ghastly accident that claimed her parent's life leaving only her behind, Silver was in coma for weeks before she finally woke up, the doctor said she had her brain partially affected, it was like a part of her mind was trapped in some seconds before the accident.
She didn’t lost her memory but they kept flashing on her face as though they just happened which always mad her shed tears. She had seen a lot of therapists concerning the issues before she could financially get better enough to continue schooling.
I felt so bad for her that I never knew when tears came rolling down my face, I could imagine the pain it might have caused her, loosing both parent on the same day, the trauma it caused her and the bitter memories that never left due to the damage caused in her brain by the accident.
After the sad story I heard, I began to get closer to her, I stopped our classmates from calling her names, I told my sister about her being a therapist and made plans for them to meet.
What happened really caused her a lot , she was lonely and blamed herself for all the things that had happened, it was really a bitter experience.
The therapy session might have worked, she left the house after our final examination to live with her cousins at her aunt’s place, and hopefully let go of all the bitterness life might have caused her in the past.
Special thanks to @scholaris and the delegators who in one way or the other have contributed to pob-wotw
This contest #pob-wotw - Bitter reminded me of some sweet and bitter experience i have encountered in the past.
I feet really sorry for Silver, it’s so sad that she was exposed to such bitterness experience as early as 5 years after her birth in the only life she has come to live, and not she would have to live with it for the rest of her life.
I hope you still have her contacts, please do check up on her often
All is know is that there's a very good reason God spared her life then
I recently got my phone misplaced plus she's not a media person i would have gone to search for her, i really hope she's fine with the aunt
That’s true, there is a reason for everything in life.
1 CORINTHIANS 10:13
God has promised not to give us the temptations or situations that we can not handle, this is why I believe that she will make it out stronger
Great story, your bitterness and sadness is something pathological that can be treated. I imagine how hard it must be to be sad all day and every day.
A friend's bitter experience
Lol, I understand that. I think he is talking about the story…..
I felt very bad for the innocent Silver, for her to go through such a bitter experience.
She really need help, and I hope she gets all the help she needs.
I really hope so though, she has passed through so much pain even at her tender age