It tells of a Cherokee elder sitting in front of the sunset with her grandson.
"Grandpa, why men fight?"
Elder with his eyes turned toward the sun, the waning days, he was losing his battle with the night, he spoke in a calm voice.
"Every man eventually is called upon to do so. For every man there is always a battle waiting to be fought, to win or lose. Because the fiercest battle is what happens between two wolves. "
"Which wolf grandfather?"
"What every man carries within himself."
The child could not understand. Since the grandfather broke the silence that had dropped between them, perhaps to turn his curiosity. Finally, the old man who had within them the wisdom of the time, taken with his calm tone.
"There are two wolves in all of us. One is bad and live with hatred, jealousy, envy, resentment, false pride, lies, selfishness. "
Elder did it again a break, this time to give way to understand what he just said.
"And the other?"
"The other wolf is good. Lives of peace, love, hope, generosity, compassion, humility and faith. "
The child was a moment to think about what his grandfather had just said. Then he gave voice to his curiosity and his thinking.
"And which wolf wins?" The old Cherokee
turned to look at him and answered him with her eyes clean.
"What you feed the most."
"Grandpa, why men fight?"
Elder with his eyes turned toward the sun, the waning days, he was losing his battle with the night, he spoke in a calm voice.
"Every man eventually is called upon to do so. For every man there is always a battle waiting to be fought, to win or lose. Because the fiercest battle is what happens between two wolves. "
"Which wolf grandfather?"
"What every man carries within himself."
The child could not understand. Since the grandfather broke the silence that had dropped between them, perhaps to turn his curiosity. Finally, the old man who had within them the wisdom of the time, taken with his calm tone.
"There are two wolves in all of us. One is bad and live with hatred, jealousy, envy, resentment, false pride, lies, selfishness. "
Elder did it again a break, this time to give way to understand what he just said.
"And the other?"
"The other wolf is good. Lives of peace, love, hope, generosity, compassion, humility and faith. "
The child was a moment to think about what his grandfather had just said. Then he gave voice to his curiosity and his thinking.
"And which wolf wins?" The old Cherokee
turned to look at him and answered him with her eyes clean.
"What you feed the most."
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