The Two Wolves

James Melcer
The Blog of James Melcer
1 min readMar 16, 2018

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One evening an elder Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside all people.

He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us. One is Fear. It carries anxiety, concern, uncertainty, hesitancy, indecision, and inaction. The other is Faith. It brings calm, conviction, confidence, enthusiasm, decisiveness, excitement, and action.”

The grandson thought about it for a moment and then meekly asked his grandfather, “Which wolf wins?”

The old Cherokee replied, “The one you feed.”

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