A Cherokee elder was teaching his grandchildren about life. He said to them, "A fight is going on inside me...it is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.
One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
The other stands for joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.
This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too", he added.
The Grandchildren thought about it for a minute and then one child asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"
The old Cherokee simply replied... "The one you feed."
Let's be honest - we know which wolf we usually feed. We feed the one that growls the loudest, the one that snaps at our hands. We feed it to keep it at bay while the other wolf quietly starves, trying to live off leftovers and table scraps.
We give the best of ourselves to the lesser part of our nature until it devours us. We cheat ourselves and everyone around us.
Oddly enough, this is the song that came on while I was typing this:
"We are the ones who lost our faith. We dug ourselves an early grave. We are the dead, can we be saved?"
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