a lesson about life…

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An elderly 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 is evil—he is fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, competition, superiority, and ego.

The other is good—he is 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, Grandfather?”

The Elder simply replied, “The one you feed.”

for me, anxiety is my bad wolf. i worry over things i have no control over. over things that i don’t need worry about……. i worry about the ‘what if’… i lose sleep worrying what ‘other’ people think of me…. it drives me crazy…

this week i gratefully accept my bad wolf- and choose not to feed it… *smile*

happy new week lovelies 

 xxx

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  • http://www.colourliving.co.uk/blog tina

    How very beautiful and profound… I’ve not heard that one before and really love it!!! Thank you so much for sharing…

    “this week i gratefully accept my bad wolf- and choose not to feed it… *smile*”
    You said it all. xx

    I will refer back to this when I’m feeding my bad wolf:)

    • http://www.sangthebird.com.au leah

      so glad you liked it lovely! totally challenging, but an awesome way to change my thinking. happy weekens sweets xxx

  • http://www.beautyofeverydaylife.blogspot.com noreen

    i love this story! leah, just read the good wolf list – it brings me peace just to read it. joy and peace to you, kind one.

  • http://trend-daily.blogspot.com caroline @trend-daily

    Ah yes-anxiety. i think there is only one thing I get anxious about (apart from anything to do with nearest and dearest of course) and that is my paperwork. Even now writing this I can feel my shoulders tensing up-ridiculous! A very beautiful post-thank you so much for sharing Leah! :-)

    • http://www.sangthebird.com.au leah

      caroline, i’m glad you liked it. i hope you have a weekend free of paperwork xx

  • http://www.farmhousehome.com.au Catherine Bedson

    Hi Leah, when I find myself feeling that way I just tell it out loud to “go away I’m not feeding you any more”..you can do that you know.

    • http://www.sangthebird.com.au leah

      i think i will be doing that! someone once told me to see thoughts like different tv channels. if one is not enjoyable or serving me i can always ‘change channels’.
      happy weekend sweetie xx

  • http://inspirationcooperative.blogspot.com/ Theresa

    Thank you, thank you for this lesson, Leah! I love the simple truth in this message. I definitely need to feed the good wolf more often. My bad wolf is self-doubt and, like you, it drives me crazy. Here’s to starving our bad wolf and making our good wolf fat. [smile]

    • http://www.sangthebird.com.au leah

      yes! lets make our good wolves fat : )
      xxx