Thursday, August 13, 2009

meteors and wolves

Current work: en vacances (but thinking about outlines)
Listening to: Bach
Reading: Susan Mallery, Falling for Gracie (enjoying this hugely – thanks to Heidi Rice for recommending this)

Missed the meteor shower last night because when I looked it was cloudy, and my mental alarm didn’t go off (am still a bit woozy from lurgy and antibios). I remember watching this shower when son was a tiny baby: a bonus after the middle-of-the-night feed.

As for the wolves – I’m not feeling particularly profound today, so this is a bit of food for thought from an unknown source (but passed to me by Michelle – thank you).

One evening an old Cherokee Indian 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, humility, 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."

14 comments:

  1. I love that! It is so true, so obvious...and so simple. Thank you for posting it. Oh and hope the lurgy disappears soon.
    Lori x

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  2. That is so true. Food for thought indeed.

    Feel better soon!

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  3. I love that! Isn't it deciding how you want to live your life? Feeding the positive?

    And Falling for Gracie is next on my TBR! Now I think I need to hurry and finish my current read...

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  4. Hey Kate

    So glad to hear you're enjoying Falling for Gracie. Susan Mallery Forever!

    H x

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  5. That's good, Kate!

    Hope you are delurgified very soon.

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  6. Love this....
    Perfect, profound and (trying to think of a word meaning true which begins with P, but can't!)
    Shazza x

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  7. Oh I LOVE it fabulous Kate!

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  8. Lori - isn't it just? And thank you. So do I, as I'd like my head back instead of cotton wool... :o)

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  9. Shirley - absolutely. And thanks. I want to write but my head is saying, 'ner ner ner, cotton wool and nothing else'. Arrgh!

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  10. Donna - yup! And it's a good book - you'll enjoy it.

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  11. Heidi - you're a star for telling me about her. Will now work my way through her backlist...

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  12. Jan - I loved it (and Michelle is a gem for sending it to me in the first place).

    And thanks. It's starting to annoy me, being Mrs Cotton-Wool-For-Brains.

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  13. Shazza - lovely to see you.

    How about 'precise'? *g*

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  14. Lacey - glad you enjoyed it, too :o)

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