Starve one or the other or guide them both.A classic juniper led London Dry gin bouquet, infused with lashings of lemon and lime peel. How you choose to interact with the opposing forces within you will determine your life. A man who is pulled apart by the war inside him has nothing. A man who has peace inside has everything. Peace, my son, is the Cherokee mission in life. And when there is no battle inside, you can listen to the voices of deeper knowing that will guide you in choosing what is right in every circumstance. Feed them both and there will be no more internal struggle for your attention. To feed and care for both means they will serve you well and do nothing that is not a part of something greater, something good, something of life. To feed only one would starve the other and they will become uncontrollable. You see son, the white wolf needs the black wolf at his side. But the white wolf has compassion, caring, strength and the ability to recognise what is in the best interest of all. For the black wolf has many qualities - tenacity, courage, fearlessness, strong-willed and great strategic thinking - that I have need of at times and that the white wolf lacks. He will always be angry and always fighting the white wolf.īut if I acknowledge him, he is happy and the white wolf is happy and we all win. “You see, if I only choose to feed the white wolf, the black one will be hiding around every corner waiting for me to become distracted or weak and jump to get the attention he craves.
The old Cherokee simply replied, “They both win.”
In the Cherokee world, the story ends this way: The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.” In the western world, the story ends like this: The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?” The same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too.” One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He continued, “The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. What the white world has adopted of this tale is this:Īn old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life.
The white wolf thrives on justice and peace and the black wolf thrives on anger, fear and hatred. The white wolf is all that is good about us, and the black wolf is all that is bad. In it, the grandfather is talking to his grandson about how inside of each of us lives a white wolf and a black wolf. “There is an old Cherokee story, that of the white and black wolf, that has become popular in the white world, but is only half told. Just acknowledging and being aware of the sensations this feelings creates, is all it requires………………… Today I invite an inquiry into fear: Making fear our friend creates a profound transformation in our lives. White and Black Wolf which one will you choose?
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