Between Responsibilities and Families.

     "The right thing to do and the hard thing to do is usually the same" -Steve Maraboli

      Two heroes, both held the burden of great responsibility. Hector refused to yield, and went to fulfill his responsibility. The other one, Aeneas abandoned it and carried a greater one. Two women, both wives to both heroes shared their own responsibilities. Both beg for their husbands to abandon everything, abandon everyone and abandon the war. Andromache, the wife of the former, was refused and left alone while Creusa, the wife of the latter was accepted. Both wives wanted the same thing, for their husbands to be safe, for the sake of their son, and for their future. But to Hector and Aeneas, responsibility is everything and giving it up is hard. Really it is, but Aeneas abandoned it for many reasons, he submitted to his wife's "selfishness" maybe for his own selfishness too.

   To a hero, to a soldier, to a man, responsibilities are priority. He may be the one to establish to himself or to his country but a wife's greatest responsibility is family. Family comes first before one's master. Hector and Aeneas, though both chose different paths, no matter the outcome was, will always be a hero.

A Name Worth Knowing

 "Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness" - Napoleon Hill

  To be able to find their sacred land, Aeneas suffered a lot. To be able to found the new Rome, to provide his fellow men a place worth living, he sacrificed a lot. But through it all, he was able to pull himself together and fulfill their destiny. Choosing to hold on and not to lose it all proved that he was a hero from the start. Determination overcomes the fear and cowardice he had, Aeneas was still a human, after all. He never had an easy life. He lost so many. But losing something taught him to be strong. It taught him to fight for what really is his, and for a great reason. Sacrificing taught him how cruel life is, that nothing is free, nothing is easy. Although his mother is a goddess, he suffered like the others. And then the things that he learned made him who he was when he founded the great Rome. 

  

  Experience is the best teacher in life after all. Mistakes are not there for us to cry, to regret, to lose hope and lose ourselves in the process. Its purpose why it was placed in our path is to teach us to fight and to be a better person in the future. Same goes for Aeneas, a name really worth knowing.

Everything Changes

     I was on the Greek's side at first, not until I read the Trojan War. Thinking that the Trojans at first, are nothing but brutal and savage people, only relying on the fact that the Roman gods and goddesses they worshiped cared for the power only, I loved and idolizes the Greeks. Then I came to the part of the book where an apple caused a war to erupt between the Greeks and Trojans.

    I pitied the Trojans right then and there. A mistake made by Paris brought them to many sufferings, like the Trojan war. Both sides were known for their skills in combat, but what could they do? They were attacked in the middle of the night by the enemies. Aeneas and his family escaped, and for that I was relieved.

   Having read the part where Aeneas found Rome, I was pleased. At last, after all those hardships that they faced because of the bitter goddess, they were able to find their own happiness and freedom. Saying that losing so many men is worth the new land is not the statement. It is really a great loss for him, but nothing could change the past, and nothing can changed the future as well, not even the gods and goddesses.