v-day story

Psyche was the youngest daughter of a king (incidentally, she had two older sisters). Psyche was so stunningly beautiful that her appearance rivaled that of a goddess. Indeed, the simple people of her county were so in awe of Psyche's grace and beauty that they stopped worshipping Aphrodite and paid their honors instead to the daughter of a king. In her defense, it should be noted that Psyche was a modest girl, and she resisted this improper attention. However, the damage had been done. Aphrodite took notice of this insult of being overthrown in popularity by a mere mortal, so the goddess decided to punish her rival. And her punishment was swift and severe. Aphrodite commanded her son Eros to do her dirty work in this situation, and insisted that Eros use his powers as the god of desire to make Psyche fall in love with the most terrible and grotesque thing on earth.

As fate would have it, Eros fell victim to Psyche's beauty himself. He simply could not resist her charms. However, loving the mortal girl meant disobeying his powerful mother and making Aphrodite angry - and no one wants to anger a goddess. But Love will find a way...

Eros thought of a cunning plan to win Psyche for himself while keeping his mother Aphrodite ignorant of his actions. The god of love and desire arranged to have Psyche brought to a desolate area. Here, the innocent girl was told, she would become the bride of an evil being. Psyche waited for her doom dressed in a wedding gown. In time, Zephyrus led her gently into a valley in which a majestic and grand palace dominated the landscape. The girl was awed by the magical palace, but she soon found that this place was her new home.

Clever Eros then came to Psyche when she had gone to bed that night. The bedroom was dark --- too dark to see anything --- when the god of love entered. Eros used the darkness to his advantage in order to conceal his identity from the girl. He whispered in Psyche's ear that he was her husband and that she must not under any circumstances look upon him or seek to know who he was.

Psyche enjoyed her life with her unseen husband, but for one minor detail --- she came to feel isolated and homesick. She begged to see her sisters. Although Eros did not want to comply, he could not deny his beloved anything. So Psyche's sisters were invited to the palace. Once there, they saw the grand lifestyle of their younger sister and quickly became jealous of Psyche's good fortune. Together the pair of sisters persuaded Psyche that her husband was dangerous and that she must rid herself of him immediately. And Psyche, innocent and trusting girl that she was, believed the horrible stories told by her sisters.

When she next went to bed, Psyche took with her a lamp, which she lit when she was assured her husband was asleep. When Psyche gazed upon the god, however, she was stunned by the grace and perfection of his divine features - he was definitely no monster! In her surprise she let a drop of oil fall from the lamp, and this woke Eros. Realizing what had happened, Eros immediately departed.

Psyche was beside herself with grief. She was now alone and abandoned by her husband. She searched for her lost love, but could not find him anywhere. In desperation Psyche asked the goddesses Demeter and Hera for assistance, but neither goddess was willing to risk the wrath of Aphrodite. So finally, left with no other options, Psyche went to see Aphrodite herself.

Aphrodite decided to punish the girl a bit more. Psyche - the daughter of a king - was made into a slave by the goddess of love. And indeed, Aphrodite added insult to injury by requiring Psyche to perform tasks that seemed impossible. For example, Psyche had to sort, grain by grain, an entire room full of seeds in the span of a single day. This task might well have been impossible if it had not been for the help of some industrious ants - with their assistance, Psyche achieved her goal.

One other fiendishly devious task assigned by Aphrodite was that Psyche must fetch a jar that contained beauty from Persephone. Now, Persephone was the Queen of the Underworld, which meant that (at least part of the year) she lived and ruled in the gloomy realm of the dead. Naturally, Psyche despaired of accomplishing this goal. But in the end, she was given instructions on how to descend to the Underworld while still alive and approach Persephone.

In the meantime, Eros suffered from the separation from his beloved as well. He finally went to Zeus to beg for mercy. Zeus listened to the story that Eros told, and decided to grant the god of love's wish - that the couple should be reunited and joined in marriage. And this is exactly what happened. In the end, Eros and Psyche were allowed to be together and Aphrodite gave up her anger in order to welcome her new daughter-in-law into the family (big fat goodluck to Psyche! hehehe)


MORALS OF THIS STORY :

• Never get into a relationship with a mama's boy coz if you do, great ordeals will come your way. It's not bad to have someone who loves his parents but to have someone who have no spine is a different thing. See, if Eros had the guts to stand up for Psyche, they could have lived happily from the very start and skipped on all the drama *tsk*
  


• Don't stay in the dark too long or you'll be taken advantage of (of course, unless you want to be taken advantage of ^_~). Of course, you can choose whether to be in the dark or be in the know. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss but know when the other times aren't gonna give you that. Psyche chose to live with an unseen husband. What if Eros was really some hideous monster?! It'll be bad for the children (bad genes XD)
  


• Try to stay away from people who wish nothing but your downfall. It would be a pity to even call them 'friends'. Or in the case of Psyche, 'family'.
  


• Perseverance yields good results as always. So if you wanted to sort a room full of grains, get your mind to it and stay focus and no breaktime if you only have a day! Of course it helps to....
  


• Be nice to everyone ( or everything ). You'll never know when you might need their help like the ants are to Psyche. Imagine if she crushed them with a single *swat* of hand, who would have helped her sort all the grains in the room??! She couldn't even call onto the Gods for that ^_^
  


• If things didn't go well with the Aphrodite, don't despair. You can still appeal to the Zeuses *wink* (Eros should have come to Zeus in the first place...)
  


• There are no kings and princesses in love. Love humbles everyone.... awwwwwwwww

Who would have thought that this single mythological story could whip up a lot of food for thoughts huh?! Oh well....

In line with that, if I was in Japan right now, I would have made the most delicious honmei-choco for my favorite bishie *wink* *wink*. But since I am not and I do not know how to make chocolates (I only know how to gorge on them XD), here's one for everyone>>>

I hope you all guys have a wonderful Valentine's whichever way you celebrate it... or if you celebrate it at all ^___^ Well, my little celebration for my fandom valentine is to have a new Tackey wallie. On your left was the one I had changed with the one on the right.

Now, let me see if I would be able to finish anything at all *dithers getting googly-eyed at Tackey on desktop* hehehehehehehehe Ooops, I gotta go. It's gonna be traffic out there for sure ^_~

PS: I just remembered that Aphrodite's Roman name is VENUS~