Thursday, November 26, 2015

AN OLD CHEROKEE TALE OF TWO WOLVES


 

 
 
 
 
 





One evening an old Cherokee Indian 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, faith and gratitude.’
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.’
This is such a lovely story: so simple and yet so true. I think each and every one of us has these two wolves running around inside us. The Evil wolf or the Good Wolf is fed daily by the choices we make with our thoughts and actions,. What you think about and dwell upon will in a sense appear in your life and influence your behavior.

We have a choice, feed the Good Wolf and it will show up in our character, habits and positive attitude. Or feed the evil Wolf and our whole world will turn negative: like poison, and it will slowly eat away at our soul.
Living in love, joy and gratefulness will change your life as well as the way you see ~ while living in anger, deprivation and resentment is a form of spiritual suicide.

The crucial question is “Which are you feeding today”?

With love, Joy and Gratitude,

 
Allen L Roland, PhD
http://allenlrolandsweblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/an-old-cherokee-tale-of-two-wolves.html
 

Heart centered spiritual consultant and advisor Allen L Roland can be contacted at  allen@allenroland.com Allen is also a lecturer and writer who shares a weekly political and social commentary on his web log and website allenroland.com. He is also featured columnist on Veterans Today and  guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on www.conscioustalk.net

 

1 comment:

  1. Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.”
    ~ Maya Angelou, Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer

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