Mini Thoughts for myths and other things
*just some topics I had to "think" about, so whatever
**whoa! did I really get a blog done on a tuesday???

Transformation
There are many different types of transformations in myths, but also in life. One very common one is the change from child to adult. Children are small, immature, weak, and don't understand things as well as others. THrough the course of time though, children become adults: mature, strong, and knowledgable. There are also the transformations/changes people believe in, such as repentance - a change of heart - and in many myths, unmasking beauty or wisdom. Change usually makes things better than they are before, and make people wiser, because we learn what it feels like to live on each side of the transformation boundary.

Trials and Tests
Everyone is faced with trials in their life, and it just depends on how we deal with them that will determine the outcome. This is the case in most, if not all, stories we read/hear. People are faced with situations; some use wisdom, cleverness, and other good qualities and gain rewards for their choices while others become lazy or prideful and do the wrong things, causing them to be punished. These stories teach us lessons on what we should do in certain situations or qualities we should strive to gain.

Naivety and Wisdom
The wise are always praised, it seems, and the naive shunned. Many stories involve a naive person given a task and not knowing what to do. Sometimes the wise come and help them accomplish their tasks and they have learned better, or the naive are then subject to pride and other terrible things. They always have to go through the hardships while the wise people sit back and say, "I told you so." and such things. From difficulties, the naive people gain a little bit more wisdom, even if they are hated by the world and no one will ever talk to them because the gods took away their face because of their vanity, or something like that. But just think about it, weren't the wise once naive as well? I guess the less people know, the more they are expected to live up to.