One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is 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, huility, 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 you feed."
I lifted the anonymous story above - from the book, Positivity by Barbara Frederickson. Barb is at the forefront of the Positive Psychology Movement.
This very blog - is a part of that movement.
Nothing speaks as clearly or as simply - to what positive psychology is all about as the story above.
Remember - if you want, you can change. Any change is made in an instant. There may be a sequence of events leading up to the change BUT there is always a moment when the change is made.
A possible change? - take the food dish totally away from the one wolf....and give it to the other one. Mentally picture a dark ravenous wolf and a kind, white one. Rip the dish away from the dark one....hear him snarl, feel him nip at your hand....
....take that bowl away? - and don't put it back next time you hear him snarl....and he will come begging to be fed. If you give in and supply him with food, you didn't complete the change.
You only have one food dish - which wolf is it sitting in front of right now?
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