My brother and I usually hate Cutesie Email Forwards but he couldn't resist this one... it has good practical value.
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One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle
that goes on inside people.
He said 'my son,the battle is between two 'wolves' inside us all
One is Evil. It is, anger,envy,jealousy,sorrow,regret,greed,
arrogance,self-pity,guilt,resentment,inferiority,lies,false pride,
superiority and ego.
The other is Good. It is, joy,peace,love,hope,serenity,humility,
kindness,benevolence,empathy,generosity,truth,compassion,and faith.
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather,
which wolf wins?'
The old Cherokee simply replied
'The one you feed.'
1 comment:
Funny - a friend of mine has a similar analogy for talking about marital fidelity. it's sort of along the lines that while it might be totally beyond your control if you see a cute dog somewhere (i.e. meet someone that you find attractive/compelling in that certain way) it's totally up to you whether or not you feed that dog so that it ends up following you home (As in behaving in such a way as to encourage the kind of reaction you really don't need...)He told it way more artfully though...and fed a couple of strays in his time, too, for what it's worth...
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