Which wolf am I feeding?

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A Cherokee elder sitting with his grandchildren told them, “In every life there is a terrible fight—a fight between two wolves. One is evil: he is fear, anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity, resentment, and deceit. The other is good: joy, serenity, humility, confidence, generosity, truth, gentleness, and compassion.”

A child asked, “Grandfather, which wolf will win?” The elder looked him in the eye. “The one you feed.”

When I read the story above, I immediately thought of Peter Kreeft’s book, Back to Virtue. In it, he explores the idea that the Beatitudes are the antidote to the Seven Deadly Sins:

Pride vs. Poverty of spirit (humility)
Avarice (greed) vs. Mercy
Envy vs. Mourning
Wrath (anger) vs. Meekness and peacemaking
Sloth vs. Hunger and thrust for righteousness
Lust vs. Purity of heart
Gluttony vs. Bearing persecution
And then I thought of that one line in the Lord’s Prayer:

Give us this day our daily bread.

Makes one wonder, which wolf am I feeding? And maybe more importantly, how?
 
I’m sure Mommyof4 that you are feeding the good wolf, there’ll still be the struggle but the good wolf will win.😃
 
mommyof4 said:
A Cherokee elder sitting with his grandchildren told them, “In every life there is a terrible fight—a fight between two wolves. One is evil: he is fear, anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity, resentment, and deceit. The other is good: joy, serenity, humility, confidence, generosity, truth, gentleness, and compassion.”

A child asked, “Grandfather, which wolf will win?” The elder looked him in the eye. “The one you feed.”
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I’ve never heard of that before it’s very good.🙂
 
Unfortunately I am still feeding them both :o Lord have mercy!
 
Mike_Olson said:
Unfortunately I am still feeding them both :o Lord have mercy!
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I think we all feed them both, Mike. Hopefully as time passes we come to realize that and tip the balance.

That’s a beautiful story, Mommy. Thanks for sharing it. 🙂
 
A very wise man once told me that story! I LOOOOVE IT, although it started off with a young boy going to his Grandfather explaining the pain he felt inside.
 
Good story and good posting, Mary!
I passed it to people and they like it.
Thanks.
 
+JMJ+

Hmm, I would say, feed neither. Let God do the feeding. Have holy self-distrust and have full confidence in God.
 
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