And so we Lived

Long ago, there lived five beings: Pride, Gluttony, Anger, Religion, and Ignorance. These black beings all lived together on Earth. They hated each other and they let it show. There was fighting and arguments, but they never amounted to anything.

Until one day, when the other side appeared.

Five other beings lived on Earth, but hid in the background, listening to the others bicker. One fateful day, the white beings tried to stand up to the ten bullies.

Charity, Forgiveness, Love, Acceptance, and Positivity came out of hiding and confronted the other beings and expressed their best talents.

Love and Acceptance, hand in hand, came forward and spoke in clear voices, "We accept you, but you must change your childish ways."

The black beings revolted, their shouts and growls echoing through the empty Earth. Each of their dark spirits broke in half, one staying with their hideous bodies and the other half coming together, forming yet another monster.

War rose from the ashes.

He lifted his damned fist high in the air, about to strike the white beings before a bright light appeared and one last being was created.

Hope stepped from the light.

Hope tried to reason with the two sides, "Let us work together." She bellowed, "Let us create something together." Each of the white beings reached inside themselves and broke their spirits in half one more time and gave it to Hope. The black beings grumbled and growled, but they too broke their remaining spirit in two and handed it to the ultimate white being.

Hope took the spirits and put them in a tiny jar on a chain and she slipped it around her neck.

"I shall make something that reflects us all." Hope said and she went home.

Night passed and Hope met both the black and white beings, with her special gift in tow, the next morning. Against the light pinks and oranges of the sunrise, she lifted up the bundle and exclaimed, "I have created the human!"

And so we lived.