The Tale of Two wolves
This is an old Cherokee story.
A Young boy asks his Grandpa to tell him a story, and Grandpa tells him of two wolves which are in constant struggle. One wolf is kind and peaceful, and the other wolf is evil and filled with hatred. But the two wolves have equal strength.
Unable to figure it out, the young boy asks, “since they are of equal strength, which wolf will win?”
Grandpa replies, “It is the wolf you feed”
There is a constant struggle for everyone. A struggle between the first wolf, which represents love, joy, kindness, empathy, benevolence, truth; and the second wolf, which represents evil, anger, greed, arrogance, resentment, pride, ego.
This applies to every aspect of our life.
You Are What You Eat
Everyday, consciously or unconsciously, we fill our minds with different thoughts. Dwelling on positive and inspiring thoughts can have a big impact on our actions.
The same way it can be difficult to avoid junk food and a lot of sugar, negativity is hard to avoid.
It is found everywhere, on the news, social media, and people around us.
We can keep track of what we feed our mind with. We can control what we take into our minds!
The books we read, the movies we watch, the thoughts we dwell on, the things we discuss with other people, all these influences our actions and subsequently, our habits.
We may not be able to change the world’s political or economic situation, or the environment we live in, or the bad weather. But we can change our thoughts.
Having positive thoughts and counting our blessings keep us more in control and we get to have happiness, tranquility and sanity.
Healthy food for the mind
Some of the ways we can have positive thoughts are:
- Avoid talking about a negative experience over and over
- Read self-development books, inspiring books
- See good things in people, places, nature. Walk out of negative conversations about someone
- Make the most out of any unpleasant situation
- Give out good energy, commend people, find something nice to say
- Avoid websites, news, music that is sad
- Help others feed their minds with positive food too.
Watching your thought.
Watch your thoughts, they become words;
Watch your words, they become actions;
Watch your actions, they become habits;
Watch your habits, they become character;
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
– Frank Outlaw
Authored by @Sussan
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