Which wolf do you feed today?
Cherokee is one of the largest Indian tribes in Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. And as their long history, birthed a legendary parable of the two wolves, which I am sure a lot of us have heard of. Nonetheless, I still want to tell the tale as it is one of my favorite.
It started with an old Cherokee chief who was trying to teach a lesson of life to his grandson.
“My child, there are battles of two wolves that goes on inside us everyday. One wolf is Evil. They embodied anger, jealousy, envy, regret, sorrow, greed, arrogance, self pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, self-pride, ego and superiority.
The other one is Good. They embodied joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”
The grandson was all ears and pondered for a while, and then he asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win the battle?”
The wise grandfather simply replied “The one you feed.”
That battle, we face them everyday without us realizing. A battle of choice. That is what life is all about. The choices you make, will eventually shape the kind of person you are. Without a doubt, what kind of person you are will determine the kind of future you will have. life is one tangle of mess we have to deal with.
So, the important question is, which one of the wolf you feed today?
Love, Ordinarily Existing