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The Two Wolves



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.”
Source: Appears to be an old story from the Cherokee Nation oral tradition.
#90daysofpositivity - Day Three
#threepositivesfromtoday

1. Family movie next to one of my cuties 👧
2. My new inspiration obtained from tonight's church service ... I might have to make a t-shirt (consider it copyrighted) 😆
3. Rees' beautiful chalk art ... I asked him what it said and he said "I am special." (The beautiful thing about that is it was after he had had himself quite a distressing fit when a sibling made him really mad. He stomped away and into his bedroom shouting "I am going back to China! I do not want this family anymore!" Yep, he was pretty mad. I went into his room and laid next to him on his bed and told him how special he is to me and how sad I would be if he went away and wasn't with me anymore.) 



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