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.
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,
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
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.”
ReplyDelete~ Maya Angelou, Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer