Greed, punishment, misfortune.

I loved Mida's myth! The king Midas, as a wish after taking care of a contryman asks that everything he touches becomes gold. Unbeknown to him of the consequences of his wish. He is happy and joyful that everything he touches becomes gold but then he realices that he cannot eat and he is starving because every food he touches turns into gold! He is desperate and asks the gods to take the power off him. Midas then goes to a river and takes it off. How many people in the world are ridicoulously wealthy and are absolutly unhappy? Too many. A proof of this are the celebrities, they are milionnairs and most of them are in trouble, have gotten arrested, in rehab, commited suicide, etc... Nevertheless people still wish for more money, for more power and are still not concious that wealth does not bring happiness! Not untill people crash against the wall, they are smart enough to see it. The real wealth we should all be seeking for is mental wealth. To be at peace, to experience love, to be happy and satisfied with ourselves.
The second part of the myth is that Apollo punished Midas with misformed ears and Midas, ashemed tries to hide it from everyone but his hairstylist is the only one who knows it and is ordered to keep it secret. the hair stylist cannot stand anymore and goes to the mountain and diggs a hole where he whispers the secret that is them revealed to everyone with the growth of weeds in the same spot! This story was familiar to me. My mom once read it to me from a children's book but it had a different context, now I am aware where it came from; Greek mythology.
In the Baucis&Philemon myth...
Humbleness, society lacks this value so much that we have forgotten what it is. To be humble is to appreciate what you have and not brag about it. To be helpful eventhough you yourself are not in the best situation. It may also apply to a person who is very fortunate (wealthy, beautiful, ect.) and care about others anyway. To get away from the egocentrism, selfishnesh and greed and be the total opposite. There are examples of this people, quite scarce but they exist. Shakira is one of them. She is a billionaire and her behaivior shows the opposite. Her perfomances are barefoot, her dauly clothes are simple, her makeup is none, she uses no jewerly and her smile and talent are the only "expensive" things she wears. She takes advantage of her money, but for other building schools and creating assosiations fro the well being of the not so fortunate. That is a perfect model of a humble person. It is a value we should still in ourselfs and without a doubt we would be rewardes, jut like Bauchis and Philemon were.
Proserpine lost her daughter and is very disturbed, she makes a huge drama and cannot accept it. It most be horreble to loose a child. To have a son or a daughter is like giving up a part of you. You love them more than you love yourself, you care for their well being more than you care for yours, loosing it is worst than loosing your life. (brief analysis)