Greek Mythology: The Titans And The Gods

I’m going to tell you a story. In Greek Mythology, there were two groups of powerful Beings: The Titans and the Gods. The Gods had overthrown the evil Titans centuries ago. One day, Prometheus, one of the good Titans, created the first man. Prometheus was proud of his creation, so he watched over Man and helped him whenever he could. After many years of trickery from Prometheus and with Mankind gaining more and more wealth, Zeus, the eldest god, thought of a cunning punishment. He created the first mortal woman, Pandora, and gave her a small wooden box, which he told her not to open. Day by day, Pandora grew more and more anxious to open the box, until one day… she did. Out came all the evils: poverty, hate, violence, greed and misery. Before she could close the lid, the evils spread around the world and only one thing was left. Hope. That’s why we humans always have a little bit of …show more content…
So, what can we do to stop them? That’s where compassion enters the equation. If there’s one thing that I learned in the Bristol Road IB Program, it’s to make connections from your work to the world, to think big. Imagine someone in a very foul mood, that person might go home after work or school and pass that same irritation to someone else. Another person, they might go to work the next day and fire someone because of yesterday’s irritation. That unemployed person could go home and end up yelling at his family, because of his own problems. And it goes on, and on, and on. But what if, that first person went home in a wonderful mood? Wouldn’t they would spread joy and laughter throughout the house? How about when someone from their family goes to work the next day and spreads a little more happiness and brightens someone’s day, when they’ve been going through a lot? I believe that compassion doesn’t always need to be spread through words or money - an expression or a gesture can do it as