Losing Will Never Be A Failure

For me, this picture symbolizes Hope and Life in Faith

“Winning doesn’t always mean you succeeded, losing doesn’t always mean you failed.” I got this simple quote from my teacher that can be related to the theme of ultimate victory through defeat and terrible loss. For me, this quote means that defeat doesn’t mean a failure. It is, because true progress of success begins in knowing ways/things that won’t work to be very innovative or vice versa. At first, ask yourself what is the worst thing that can happen. Then, accept it. Then, proceed to adjust yourself and to improve on the worst.

This might what Aeneas did to have his ultimate victory. There were lots of characters who died and loss, such as Creusa, Dido, Anchises, etc, that affected him much. He never took these terrible losses negatively; instead, he took it as a great challenges/obstacles that are trying to stop him in his fate.

The more defeat and terrible loss he has, the more force to encourage him to be a better person that guides him to the best achievements. So, like Aeneas, never take negatively the bad lucks for you too much, instead, face them all, and take them as your challenges that try to stop you in following your dreams. Be Aeneas, be positive thinker. J

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You Can’t Ever Be Sure What Others' Decision Will Be

“It’s time to care, it’s time to take responsibility, it’s time to lead, it’s time for a change, it’s time to be true to our greatest self, it’s time to stop blaming others.” Based on the quote of Steve Maraboli, we can relate this to the point of view of couples from Aeneid, Aeneas and Creusa, and Illiad, Hector and Andromache. This can be related on the scenes in Aeneid when Aeneas again prepares to fight the Greeks on the night of Troy's fall, his wife Creusa begs him to consider her first and her son Ascanius and in Illiad, when Andromache pleads with Hector.

Farewell of Hector and Andromache

From the two mentioned epic stories, Creusa and Andromache were the two characters who showed how much a wife must love and care for her husband. They were both very good models for the wives. At the same time, Aeneas and Hector showed how much a father, husband or warrior should be when his nation and family are in danger, such a being very brave, protective, etc. But, Hector didn’t listen to his wife, Andromache, instead, he still tried to fight against Achilles, while Aeneas followed his wife, Creusa, to be with his family, instead of fighting against the Greeks, Aeneas just escaped from Troy with his family.

The escape of Aeneas, Creusa, Ascanius and Anchises

All of the four mentioned characters were good models. There were characters that showed their true love and care, someone followed his responsibility when it comes to call of duty and someone followed his wife to be with his family. There were two epic stories, Aeneid and Illiad, that differ in some plots, but similar in the particular or mentioned scenes of the two showing which the better decision in a certain request.

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