<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div>Yes Doug, I also feed my black wolf. The less breviated version of this parable talks about including the black wolf. Sending this along to those that would like to read it.</div><div><br></div><div>Carlie</div><div><br></div><div><div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-layout-label="Post Body" data-type="item" data-updated-on="1564898048448" id="item-5d4603cd51d1320001b507ce" style="margin-bottom: 18px; order: 5;"><div class="row sqs-row" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1733340987166_72" style="margin-left: -17px; margin-right: -17px; width: auto !important;"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1733340987166_71" style="float: left; width: 922px; padding-right: 0px;"><div class="row sqs-row" style="width: auto !important;"><div class="col sqs-col-4 span-4" style="float: left; width: 307.328125px;"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-62aebc1cf9a8a10dba23" style="position: relative; height: auto; padding: 17px; clear: none;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: currentcolor;"><div class="sqs-html-content" style="outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">The old Cherokee simply replied, “If you feed them right, they both win. You see, if I only choose to feed the white wolf, the black one will be hiding around every corner waiting for me to become distracted or weak and jump to get the attention he craves. He will always be angry and always fighting the white wolf. But if I acknowledge him, he is happy and the white wolf is happy and we all win. For the black wolf has many qualities – tenacity, courage, fearlessness, strong-willed and great strategic thinking – that I have need of at times and that the white wolf lacks. But the white wolf has compassion, caring, strength and the ability to recognize what is in the best interest of all.</p><p style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">“You see, son, the white wolf needs the black wolf at his side. To feed only one would starve the other and they will become uncontrollable. To feed and care for both means they will serve you well and do nothing that is not a part of something greater, something good, something of life. Feed them both and there will be no more internal struggle for your attention. And when there is no battle inside, you can listen to the voices of deeper knowing that will guide you in choosing what is right in every circumstance. Peace, my son, is the Cherokee mission in life. A man or a woman who has peace inside has everything. A man or a woman who is pulled apart by the war inside him or her has nothing. “How you choose to interact with the opposing forces within you will determine your life. Starve one or the other or guide them both.”</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">–Cherokee Story</p></div></div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-4 span-4" style="float: left; width: 307.328125px; padding-right: 0px;"><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-cb128634fd92654ad3d1" style="position: relative; height: auto; padding: 17px; clear: both;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="visibility: hidden; height: 34px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-b0dde2f54d9fa9f7d2c4" style="position: relative; height: auto; padding: 17px; clear: both; box-sizing: border-box; width: 922px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="visibility: hidden; height: 34px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="Blog-meta BlogItem-meta" style="display: flex; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-bottom: 18px; order: 3; justify-content: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Dec 3, 2024, at 8:05 PM, Doug Smith <digmusic@comcast.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Love this! A beautiful presentation of a classic, excellent teaching story. One we can always be mindful about, in each moment, as we make our choices.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I feed the good wolf. But often I realize that I’ve spilled some or not guarded the food, and the evil wolf has snapped it up. Just need to pay better attention to my sloppy habits.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Thank you, Carlie!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Doug <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress-bounces@lists.mcn.org><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Jima Abbott via Thespiritexpress<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, December 2, 2024 11:58 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org<br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Jima Abbott <jica@mcn.org><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Thespiritexpress] youtube indigenous fable about the good grey wolf and the evil black wolf inside of un - Google Search<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">FROM CARLIE<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">There is a Cherokee Parable about the two wolves, good and evil, that reside inside of each of us. I like this version of the parable because it addresses both the dark and the light side that we each carry within us. I wanted to share it with you.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><blockquote style="color: inherit; padding: inherit; margin: inherit;" type="cite"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+indigenous+fable+about+the+good+grey+wolf+and+the+evil+black+wolf+inside+of+un&sca_esv=30564aca3a70cbd7&ei=zAxOZ9_PMLGS0PEPoOW3OQ&ved=0ahUKEwjf5b-W64mKAxUxCTQIHaDyLQcQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=youtube+indigenous+fable+about+the+good+grey+wolf+and+the+evil+black+wolf+inside+of+un&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiVnlvdXR1YmUgaW5kaWdlbm91cyBmYWJsZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgZ29vZCBncmV5IHdvbGYgYW5kIHRoZSBldmlsIGJsYWNrIHdvbGYgaW5zaWRlIG9mIHVuSABQAFgAcAB4AJABAJgBAKABAKoBALgBA8gBAPgBAZgCAKACAJgDAJIHAKAHAA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:c1439eec,vid:x95_BTeanI8,st:0" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+indigenous+fable+about+the+good+grey+wolf+and+the+evil+black+wolf+inside+of+un&sca_esv=30564aca3a70cbd7&ei=zAxOZ9_PMLGS0PEPoOW3OQ&ved=0ahUKEwjf5b-W64mKAxUxCTQIHaDyLQcQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=youtube+indigenous+fable+about+the+good+grey+wolf+and+the+evil+black+wolf+inside+of+un&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiVnlvdXR1YmUgaW5kaWdlbm91cyBmYWJsZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgZ29vZCBncmV5IHdvbGYgYW5kIHRoZSBldmlsIGJsYWNrIHdvbGYgaW5zaWRlIG9mIHVuSABQAFgAcAB4AJABAJgBAKABAKoBALgBA8gBAPgBAZgCAKACAJgDAJIHAKAHAA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:c1439eec,vid:x95_BTeanI8,st:0</a></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>