Sunday, May 08, 2011

Happy Mothers Day

Nana is about to come over, we are first headed to Tagawa to buy each other our mothers day presents. Then we will spend the day gardening and bar-b-queing. Oh, I hope it is as idillic as it sound!

And aside (I wanted to post this story on facebook, but it was too long).

An elder 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 represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

"The other stands for 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?"

The old Cherokee simply replied... "The one you feed."

2 comments:

Martha said...

Hope you had a good day! Post it on FB: it's not too long and a very appropriate story.

now back to work we must go...the clock is ticking....summer vaca is fast approaching. Can I get an AMEN, SISTAH?

Colleen O said...

oops - accidentally rejected TZ;s comment - "nice story, so does the Joy-Wolf eat pie?" - it's a little early, . . . I got confused!