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.”
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Taking a look back throughout my life, I can see how I often fed much of that evil wolf. In turn, I became quite dark and lived much of my life in darkness. I never felt all that good and those I surrounded myself with during all that time were a pack of many other dark wolves doing very much the same things I was.
But one day the darkness became so great within me, that I almost lost my life. I had fed that evil wolf for so long that I felt there wasn’t any reason left to live. Thankfully I was given another chance, which is when I began the long road back to feeding and becoming the good wolf again.
I see things pretty differently today because of it, and I feel I’m filled with a lot more light than dark these days, which I’m overly grateful for. So I’m truly thankful for this old Cherokee story that’s a great reminder that we really do become that which we feed ourselves.
Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson