Balanced Living

Nurturing Who You Want to Be

An old Cherokee is telling his grandson about a fight that is going on inside of him. He said it is between two wolves. One is destructive: Anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, false pride, superiority and ego. The other is good: 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, “Which wolf wins?”

The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one I feed”.