Native American wisdom.

Two Wolves

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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Started in 1995 -- still unfinished as of 2006.

Being blogged life until February, 2007


Odyssey of the 8th Fire is the true tale
of an epic pilgrimage across North America
by people of all colors and faiths.

http://www.8thfire.net/

"Moses made pilgrimages to the mountain, and Jesus spent forty days in the desert. All throughout history, people have made sacred journeys."

- don Jose Matsuwa

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Love your sig. line, but I think you might want to fix a misspelled word and I'm the world's worst spillyer.

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One of mine now too!

We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.

Excellent.

Important to remember that it's a bit too simplistic.

Anger isn't *bad*. It's very necessary. Anger is the engine that gets results. Where would we be if we hadn't gotten so angry at the * misadministration? What would have happened if the rest of the country hadn't gotten so angry that they stormed the polls in Nov?

Conversely, wouldn't we have been better off if the whole country had gotten a lot more angry back in 2000?

Same with feear..... it's *heathy* to be fearful of forest fires where I live. It motivates people to do the mitigation duties they need to pay attention to.

It's a matter of having things in perspective. CAn't be sweet and light all the time--"for every thing there is a season.." Anger and fear, etc., have their seasons.