Found this story on www.deliciousdemon.com. Given much of what has been going on in the world around us these days, it seemed particularly powerful to me tonight, and I thought I’d share. I don’t know if it is apocryphal or not, but it’s a cool idea either way.

An elder Cherokee Native American was teaching his grandchildren about life.

He said to them, "A fight is going on inside me… it is a terrible fight
and it is between two wolves.

One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance,
self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority,
and ego.

The other stands for joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion,
and faith.

This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too."

They thought about it for a minute and then one child asked his grandfather,
"Which wolf will win?"

The old Cherokee simply replied… "The one you feed."

Strikes me that this could go hand in hand with one of the most powerful ideas I’ve read about creation of self: Think about the person you most would like to be and then act as if you are that person. That is the first step in becoming that person.