WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PANDORA’S BOX? WHO IS PANDORA?

Pandora was the first woman of the female race and she was made to be very beautiful by the gods. She was given to Epimetheus as a wife and on her Wedding day, She was given a beautiful box by Zeus as her wedding gift. Zeus warned her to never open the box. Meanwhile, Zeus who created her as a form of punishment to mankind knew She wouldn’t heed to the instruction.

The box was given as a form of punishment for the brother of Pandora’s husband(Prometheus) because Zeus had a grudge against him. Pandora who was oblivious as to why the box was given with a weird instructions not to open it let curiosity get the best of her.

Pandora opened the box against Zeus instructions and all kinds of evil the World experiences came forth from it. Sicknesses, Death, War and all other atrocities filled the Earth from the box. It was then Pandora realized what she had done and felt very sorry. But it was too late…

I know this is a Greek mythology but do you know we all have Pandora’s evil box in our lives today?

WHAT ARE THE PANDORA’S BOX OF TODAY?

Any opportunity, situation or Person that originally seems appealing and was supposed to bring you good but later on caused you harm or destroyed you can be referred to as Pandora’s box. It is often a disguised treachery clothed in gold.

If the box had been made to look scary and unattractive, Pandora might not have given it any attention and maybe would have forgotten it amongst all other Wedding presents. That’s why Zeus disguised it to look very beautiful so she wouldn’t be able to get it off her mind. The added instruction made her more curious to know its content.

You find put that when you are asked not to do something you become surprisingly drawn to it and you’re tempted to do it.
Now, you may ask why does this happen?
The answer to that is Curiosity, human beings are created with a desire for more.
Curiosity led Pandora to eventually open the box against the given instruction. Curiosity also drives us Today to be attracted to something or someone appealing and let it overwhelm us to the point of not knowing it is doing more harm than good.

           WHAT IS CURIOSITY?

Curiosity is the strong desire to learn, to understand new things and how they work. Curiosity has a way of making the mind focus on the desire alone and block out the other parts of the mind.

It is a very useful tool which has led to development of Science and technology but when applied wrongly can be dangerous. Being too curious and wanting to know everything isn’t a good habit. If Pandora had ignored the box and decided not to know its contents then She wouldn’t have released evil into the World.
I’ll share with you how to handle curiosity because that was the main reason behind Pandora’s mistake.

      HOW TO HANDLE CURIOSITY

• THINK THINGS OVER:

When asked a question, asked to take an opportunity, asked to do someone a favour or accepting people and conditions into your life, it is often better to think through it. Curiosity has a way of blinding us from reality and making us take fast decisions and measures.

It is better to ask yourself if you really want to be involved in that Person or condition. When you think over decisions, it gives you space to consider the options and know what you really want. If Pandora had really thought well over the matter She might never had opened the box.

• OBEDIENCE:

       WHAT IS OBEDIENCE?

Obedience is compliance with an order, request, law or submission to another’s authority. Heeding to stipulated instructions can save you a lot. Curiosity can make you disobey instructions and make you think the grass is greener somewhere else.

If Pandora had been obedient, she wouldn’t have fallen for Zeus tricks.

• LET THINGS BE:

Some situations are better left the way they are. Digging up past graves isn’t always a great choice. The outcome of a supposed favorable excavation of the graves may not be favorable. When the matter is dead, let it be, move on and don’t let curiosity get the best of you.

• A very beautiful gift might contain deceptions especially when the other party isn’t gaining anything. Be very mindful of alluring opportunities and brace yourself. Don’t let your curiosity drive you to make dangerous life changing decisions that you’ll regret later on. No one clothes tiger in sheep clothing for no reason, you know…

Pandora has made her own mistake and learnt from it after paying dearly for it. I don’t think any of you would like that.

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