Lord, please help me to change - Judith Couchman

MEMORIES O FPANDORAIt's difficult to change withoutlooking deep inside ourselves.) M ree k mythology , i n a n effor t to describe ho w evi l entere dthe world, blamed women fo r it. Although the y told sever -al accounts o f creation, th e Gree k storyteller s agreed o n thes epoints: Me n happil y roamed th e earth lon g before women entere dit, and female s instigated al l of the unhappiness in this world.One stor y said that the father of gods, Zeus , in anger towar dthe go d Prometheu s wh o care d mor e abou t human s tha n th egods, created a great evi l toward men . Sh e looked swee t and love -ly and becaus e o f her grea t beauty , th e gods gav e her costl y gifts.They called her Pandora , which mean t "th e gift of all." Accordingto one historian , th e Greek s sai d tha t "fro m her, th e firs t woman,comes th e rac e o f women, wh o are evi l t o men, wit h a nature t odo evil. " 24Another stor y claimed tha t Pandora' s curiosity , not he r evi lnature, create d misfortune . The god s presented he r wit h a box ,but tol d her no t t o open it . She didn't kno w the y each ha d place dsomething harmfu l in th e container. S o eventually, she gave i n t oher curiosit y and opened it .6'S