Two Wolves

 This is an old blog post that I often re-read when I'm reflecting about life, coffee and other stuff. Hope you take a quick look. Things are going kinda crazy in Indianapolis. People here need some motivation.

A parable about life. What's your motivation?

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."

How you choose to live your life is up to you.

I read this parable the other day to a group of friends in a discussion we were having about life. In our lives we all are struggling with feeding one habit or another. In our daily quest to achieve happiness, we can control only one thing. How we respond to every situation we are confronted with. As we start off this week, on this beautiful planet we call Earth, are you going to determine, which wolf will you feed?

I'm thinking about becoming a motivational speaker in Indianapolis, my home. What do you think? Oh yeah, you can find the book where I first read this story. It was a book about Buddhism, I think.

Darrin Marion
https://darrinmarion.com 
Indianapolis Speaker (in the making) native