Friday, May 14, 2010

CONFLICTED



An old Cherokee Chief is teaching his grandson about life.

"A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego."

He continued, "The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?" The old Cherokee simply replied, 

"The one you feed."



10 comments:

  1. I try hard not to feed my evil wolf.

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  2. I am blown away with your new world....looks fabulous xOxO Nerina

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  3. Oh, goodness, yes... What wise advice...! :-)

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  4. I had to do double take - thought I was at the wrong blog! But I love the new layout. It is light and bright and easy on the eyes.

    Loved the post too. "The one you feed" is right!

    Have a great weekend!

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  5. Very wise words, my dear friend.

    I'm having a bit of a battle going on in my own life at the moment.
    Sometimes old things come back to haunt you.
    You know what I mean about other blogs.
    TTYS!

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  6. One of my favorite Indian legends.

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  7. OMG one of my wolves ate the other! Now what?

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  8. heehee

    I try to ration my food out to only one wolf...

    :-) I like this!!!

    robelyn

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  9. So true.

    Like the new look here.

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