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Let your mind run wild. This is for all of you to be able to write and let others see your thoughts, your concerns, your insecurities, your hopes etc. Write a poem, a letter to your addiction or to the loved ones you've hurt. Write that letter to the addict in your life. It's up to you! Soon you will also have the ability to upload your artwork and songs that you've created.
 
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"Hope" rests at the bottom of Pandora's box
"Hope" rests at the bottom of Pandora's box
I have a box of letters from my soon to be ex...........love letters written to me when we first became something, and many written to me throughout the past decade of marriage. I cherished them, and I believed each and every word.......even though the words ceased being in harmony with his actions many years ago. I hoped that there would come a day that the words on those pieces of paper became real. And then I hoped some more. I no longer hope, but I still do cherish how I felt when I believed those words. Many would advise throwing them away now, or ceremoniously burning them or something equally dramatic as a gesture. I'll keep them.........for now anyway.........tucked inside the pretty box.
I've learned to compartmentalize them (the letters and their content). They have all gone into one box, and I continue to add to it as I come across more while unpacking from my move and cleaning out things. The box has a home now. The words have a home in my heart and brain, but these are compartments that I pretty much keep under lock and key. Reading them, or thinking too much about them, only seems to bring about either hope or sadness........neither of which I can deal with where he is concerned anymore.
In classic Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on earth. Zeus ordered Hephaestus, the god of craftsmanship, to create her, so he did—using water and earth. The gods endowed her with many talents: Aphrodite gave her beauty, Apollo music, Hermes persuasion. The gods also gave her the gift of curiosity. Her name Pandora means "all-giving."
When Prometheus stole fire from heaven, Zeus took vengeance by presenting Pandora to Epimetheus, Prometheus' brother. With her, Pandora was given a beautiful box which she was not to open under any circumstance. Impelled by her curiosity given to her by the gods, Pandora opened the box-jar, and all evil contained escaped and spread over the earth. She hastened to close the lid, but the whole contents of the jar had escaped, except for one thing that lay at the bottom, which was Hope. Pandora was deeply saddened by what she had done, and was afraid that she would have to face Zeus' wrath, since she had failed her duty. However, Zeus did not punish her, because he knew this would happen.
Hmmm............I have a few questions for Zeus.
Posted: 06/22/2011 8:11 PM
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