Hope is am ambiguous little bastard, isn't it?

According to Greek mythology, Epimetheus (Afterthought), brother of Prometheus (forethought), married Pandora. She came with a dowery and a mysterious chest which he was forbidden to open. He, of course, impulsively opened the box and unleashed all manner of evil upon humankind - pestilence, war, sickness, etc. But in the bottom of the box Hope remained.

So, is Hope the worst of all evils? And if not an evil why was it in the box? And why did it stay?

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night.

I visualize your throat and vocal chords perfectly healthy and pink, Captain. I hear you singing and story telling and being your old self, cranky as all get out but happy and healthy.

Mary