Animals

My new friend sent me this great story yesterday:

An old Cherokee chief 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 dark — he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, self-doubt, and ego.”

“The other is light — he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”

“This 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 chief simply replied, “The one you feed.”

[EDIT: It can be difficult to track down the original source of an image on the Internet, and sometimes I end up using an artist’s work without being able to find or credit him or her. That’s what happened in this case, but there’s a happy ending: the artist, Paul Bielaczy, contacted me and provided a link to his website. If you like the Yin Lang Wolf please do go and look at the rest of his work!]