Two Wolves
One evening an old Cherokee Indian told his grandson about a battle that was going on inside him. He said, "My son, it is between 2 wolves." "One is evil: Anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego... The other is good: 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 I feed."
- Received in an email some time ago:
posted by rabbi neil fleischmann @ 11:58 AM
6 Comments:
"The one I feed"
I like that.
Yep. I like this too. Thanks Jack. We don't even realize how we feed into our own moods and levels.
I just read a story in which a young Chasid asks a Rebbe how he could avoid being chased by his yetzer hara, and he Rebbe told him that at his stage the young man was chasing his yetzer hara and not the other way around.
i liked this post too. what an great way to describe our ongoing yetzer tov/yetzer hara battles.
i wonder if it's actually a Cherokee story or not
very good story, ty
maven, steg, kristen - i like the story too and think it's apt, don't know if its cherokee for real
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