recently, i've been thinking about a story i read much earlier on, back in my primary school days: the story of pandora's box

it may be just a foolish thought on my part as i know that pandora definitely regretted opening the box in the story, but could there also be times whereby she was actually glad that she had done so? because without all the different sufferings in life, we would never know how to treasure the good things that happen to us. and we also got an extra gift - hope. the one thing that sustains us through life when it all gets too tough.

but then again, too much hope can be a dangerous thing when we deceive ourselves in situations where it would be much better for us to just accept the truth and move on, regardless of how painful that would be. anyone that watched shawshank redemption will tell you the same thing.

and what about our own personal pandora boxes? are they worth opening?

as pandora discovered, one will only know when one opens the box.

- da blur gal tripped and fell here @ 11:41 PM