Thursday, July 24, 2008

Two wolves inside us

One of my uncles passed on to me a great story of a Cherokee grandfather talking to his grandson. The Grandfather explains, "There are two wolves that live within each of us. One is filled with anger, hate, lust, envy, jealousy and outrage at the injustices done to him. The other is filled with compassion, kindness, humility and understanding." The grandson asked him, "Grandfather which one is stronger?" and the Grandfather answered: "The one we feed."Wow! A message to really make us think. I suggest that we constantly ask ourselves as we go through each day, "Which inner wolf am I feeding…the destructive wolf or the loving wolf?" If we realize that it is the destructive wolf we are feeding, we owe it to ourselves and the world to do everything we can to change our thinking, our words, our actions, and beliefs to make the loving wolf gets stronger and stronger with each passing