Feeding our better selves

My friend and colleague, Scott Winnette, reminds me of a well loved story that Sharon Watkins shared at the Presidential Prayer Service last January 21. I was in the audience that morning and I hope the President and others who heard it take it to heart.

There is a story attributed to Cherokee wisdom:One evening a grandfather was teaching his young grandson about the internal battle that each person faces.“There are two wolves struggling inside each of us,” the old man said.“One wolf is vengefulness, anger, resentment, self-pity, fear . . .“The other wolf is compassion, faithfulness, hope, truth, love . . .”The grandson sat, thinking, then asked: “Which wolf wins, Grandfather?”His grandfather replied, “The one you feed.”