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One day, the Greek gods Brotherhood and Sisterhood realized that they were
lonely in the world. They had given birth to various children, but all
seemed
to forsake their parents. So they decided to join together and create a new
breed to fraternal children. Brotherhood was given the opportunity to create
the first child. He decided to take something from the two hemispheres of
the
world. So he gathered some "old gold" from the sun and black from the night
in Egypt. There he created his first born, Alpha Phi Alpha. He granted his
son wisdom as a gift of love. Seeing the child that Brotherhood had
created,
Sisterhood realized that A PHI A should not be alone in the world.
Sisterhood roamed the world, looking for entities that she could create her
first daughter from. On her journey, she came upon a field of pink flowers
surrounded by a fence of green ivy. She knew that these were what she wanted
to create her daughter from. Taking the beauty from the flowers and the ivy,
Sisterhood created her first daughter, Alpha Kappa Alpha.
As a gift for her daughter, Sisterhood created a mirror for AKA not only to
view her outward beauty but her inner beauty as well.
Seeing the greatness they had created separately, Brotherhood and Sisterhood
decided that they would join together and give birth to the rest of their
children. Their first union brought about the birth of their twin sons Kappa
Alpha Psi and Omega Psi Phi. These twins from birth were opposites.
For one, they were born in two different cations. Kappa had obtained the
beauty of his parents while Omega received the strength attributed to the
parents. Though there was much conflict between the two personalities, Kappa
and
Omega expressed much love for each other.
Brotherhood and Sisterhood decided to gave their twin sons gifts as signs of
their personalities. Kappa was given a cane created out of red and white
revealing that his beauty only came through blood and sweat. They gave Omega
a pair of boots of gold that shined with lightening where ever he stepped
and
a vest of purple as a sign of his royalty.
To Sisterhood's delight, their next child was a girl who they called Delta
Sigma Theta. Delta, like her older bother Omega, gained more of the strength
attribute of her parents. Because of this, her parents gave Delta a red
elephant with bright ivory tusks as a sign of her strength.
Shortly after the birth of their daughter Delta, Phi Beta Sigma was brought
into this world. His birth occurred as the moon was in its crescent phase.
So his parents gave Sigma the sign of the crescent moon. His peaceful nature
was ascribed by the parents to the dove that sang the coming of his birth
and
would sing to him throughout the day.
Sigma's greatest pride would come in the form of another sister, Zeta Phi
Beta. Sigma and Zeta developed a bond that was greater than any of the
other
siblings. Because of their close relationship, Brotherhood and Sisterhood
decided to give their daughter a gift of a white cat as an statement of her
peacefulness. These proud parents would soon welcome their next and last
daughter into their family. She was given the name Sigma Gamma Rho. She
would
have an association with her brother Kappa because of the sharing of their
birth places. Due to a certain degree of elegance that Sigma Gamma Rho
exuded, her parents gave her the gift of a well groomed poodle to express
this elegance.
The elite eight would come together to establish their own nation called the
National Pan-Hellenic Council. The children of eight would become siblings
of
nine after a long period of time. The last child that Brotherhood and
Sisterhood brought into the world would be their baby boy, Iota Phi Theta.
To celebrate this addition, they created a centaur as a gift for their son.
The other siblings were somewhat cautious of granting their brother
citizenship, but finally did. Thus becoming known as the "Divine Nine".
The Greek gods looked down on all their children and said, "Well done, my
children.
May your light shine in the East forever, and may your glory never fade in
the West. Never forget that you are all one, and are from one."
Isn't this what it's really about?? As long as we remember that we are here
for and to help each other, the rest can and will take care of itself. May
God bless and keep each and every one of us!
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And they all lived happily ever after... I added that!
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