Week 10

During my video lessons this week, a story was told. It goes like this:

An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy.

“It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He continued, “The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too.”

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”

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

This led me to think about what wolf I am feeding. Our thoughts are so powerful. We truly become what we think. Sometimes, I feel I am feeding the good wolf yet leaving some scraps for the evil wolf to devour. Unfortunately, it seems the evil wolf can survive on a lot less food than the good wolf. Therefore, the evil wolf should not be feed at all. Not even scraps. This will allow the good wolf to grow stronger and stronger, and then, finally so strong that the evil wolf has no more power.

This is a conscious battle. At first, you need to be completely aware of the battle going on so you can feed the right wolf. But, the positive of this, eventually it won’t be so conscious. Eventually, the good wolf will be so strong that the effort to choose to feed the good wolf will overpower the evil wolf without you even trying.