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.”
20 Comments
June 1, 2007 at 8:53 am
beautiful.
I love reading the wisdom of the elders.
June 1, 2007 at 8:56 am
So true too.
June 1, 2007 at 9:26 am
Isn’t that the truth!
June 1, 2007 at 10:36 am
Aniin BG, I know that we all feed them both and they are both needed at times.
June 1, 2007 at 10:39 am
I’ve always loved that one:)
June 1, 2007 at 1:20 pm
One of my favorite stories
June 1, 2007 at 2:25 pm
that’s definitely the truth
June 1, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Indeed BarnGoddes,
Wisdom travels thru the Ages
We are what we eat – some say
what we feed is what we become!
June 1, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Funny how wolves got so intertwined in folkloric tales. Think ‘Peter And The Wolf.’ The old parable of ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf,’ ‘The Big Bad Wolf,’ and my personal favorite phrase that I’ve experienced first-hand, “The wolves are at the door.”
And then you have Warren Zevon who saw a werewolf sipping a pina colada at Trader Vic’s, and his hair was perfect.
June 2, 2007 at 12:35 am
So well put. I am linking here.
June 2, 2007 at 1:28 am
this is the 2nd time I’ve read this recently.
I want to feed the fox. But I think I left her back at age 40.
June 2, 2007 at 10:33 am
What GREAT Wisdom….
I’m using this as my Weekly Delight next week (I’ll post it on Tuesday)
June 2, 2007 at 11:55 am
Simple but profound.
June 3, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Good answer! I also enjoy your photography!!
June 3, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Have always enjoyed this! Thanks!:)
June 3, 2007 at 5:48 pm
How very, VERY true this is– Wonderful story, and picture.
Hope you’ve been doing ok– I miss ya! I’ll do my best to get around more often! *hugs*
June 3, 2007 at 6:28 pm
so true, so true
June 3, 2007 at 7:42 pm
i love it
Hey there girlie
I have pics up on my blog 
YOu can see me drunk HAHAHAHAH. Untitled part 3 will be up in the next couple of days, I had to really think up how to build the character of the sister up 
June 4, 2007 at 6:30 am
http://pressposts.com/Friends/Wolves/
Submited post on PressPosts.com – “The Wolves”
June 5, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Simple but so true