07/03/2013

What is hope?

According to Greek mythology, the first woman on EARTH, Pandora, was given a box that she was not to open under any circumstance. Too curious to resist, she opened it, and all of the evils of the world flew out: hate, pain, destructiveness, starvation. When Pandora saw what she had done, she closed the box before the last thing in there could escape. That last thing was hope.

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The idea of death makes one aware of one's life, one's vital being – that which is impermanent and will one day end.   When ...