My favorite parable:
THE LEGEND OF TWO WOLVES:
ONE EVENING, AN OLD CHEROKEE WAS TEACHING HIS GRANDSON ABOUT LIFE.
HE SAID "MY SON, THERE IS A BATTLE BETWEEN TWO 'WOLVES' INSIDE US ALL.
ONE IS EVIL. IT IS ANGER, ENVY, JEALOUSY, SORROW,REGRET, GREED, ARROGANCE, SELF-PITY, GUILT, RESENTMENT,
INFERIORITY, LIES, FALSE PRIDE, SUPERIORITY, AND EGO.
THE OTHER IS GOOD. IT IS JOY, PEACE, LOVE, HOPE SERENITY, HUMILITY, KINDNESS, BENEVOLENCE, EMPATHY,
GENEROSITY, TRUTH, COMPASSION AND FAITH."
THE GRANDSON THOUGH ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE AND THEN ASKED HIS GRANDFATHER:
"BUT GRANDFATHER WHICH WOLF WINS?..."
THE OLD CHEROKEE SIMPLY REPLIED,
"THE ONE YOU FEED"
THE LEGEND OF TWO WOLVES:
ONE EVENING, AN OLD CHEROKEE WAS TEACHING HIS GRANDSON ABOUT LIFE.
HE SAID "MY SON, THERE IS A BATTLE BETWEEN TWO 'WOLVES' INSIDE US ALL.
ONE IS EVIL. IT IS ANGER, ENVY, JEALOUSY, SORROW,REGRET, GREED, ARROGANCE, SELF-PITY, GUILT, RESENTMENT,
INFERIORITY, LIES, FALSE PRIDE, SUPERIORITY, AND EGO.
THE OTHER IS GOOD. IT IS JOY, PEACE, LOVE, HOPE SERENITY, HUMILITY, KINDNESS, BENEVOLENCE, EMPATHY,
GENEROSITY, TRUTH, COMPASSION AND FAITH."
THE GRANDSON THOUGH ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE AND THEN ASKED HIS GRANDFATHER:
"BUT GRANDFATHER WHICH WOLF WINS?..."
THE OLD CHEROKEE SIMPLY REPLIED,
"THE ONE YOU FEED"