Two wolves.

[Coldwolf]

An elder Cherokee Native American 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, pride and superiority. The other wolf 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 of you and every other person too."
They thought about it for a minute and then one child asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"
The old Cherokee simply replied: "The one I feed."

[CatdaBrat]

I like that story a lot and can see the point of it. Got to thinking, though ... that being the social creatures most people and wolves are, we often depend on building up our stores of joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, friendship, etc. by our interactions with others. Which is good, and normal.

But at the same time, those others also have the power to line our inner shelves with all those negative things on the list. Others besides ourselves can feed the wolves inside of us.

How does one learn how to control that ..... do we just try and avoid those people? I think both my wolves packed up and left for more productive territory!

[MtnBreeze]

Thanks for posting this...wanted to but I hadn't gotten around to it and think it is a real good story for all.

[BGW]

The old Cherokee simply replied: "The one I feed."


That does make sense....but don't hungry critters attempt great feats as well? Surely they wouldn't just sit there and starve???

And, yes, there is something to be said for not accepting food from strangers

[SierraSnows]

We are all struggling inside. It makes you think..

[Coldwolf]

We are all struggling inside. It makes you think..
And that was the point of the story, wasn't it. To get us to think about the internal struggle between good and evil.

It worked.

[CatdaBrat]

I also think that good and evil can learn to co-exist in each one of us, because there's probably no way one will get rid of the other.