Wednesday, June 9, 2010

A Native American story

A grandfather tells his grandchild about spiritual struggle and growth in this way: "Inside me there are two wolves who fight each other all the time. One is motivated by peace, gentleness, honesty, justice, and love. The other lives by resentment, bitterness, hate, anger, and violence."
"Which one wins?" asks the child.
"The one I feed." answers the elder. (From Five Practices of Fruitful Living
by Robert Schnase)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I love this story; in fact, I read my own tattered copy early today before I left for work. The first time I read it, we were driving across the eastern range of the Rockies. Good memory, good story, good friend.
Brenda