An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy.
“It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil –
he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt,
resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He
continued, “The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity,
humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion,
and faith. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside every
other person, too.”
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”
The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”
Today, more than ever, you have a multitude of negativity competing
for your attention; television showing commercials of how you can’t be
happy without their newest products, news media telling about the doom
and gloom of the world, the internet and the drama of what is social
media, talk radio, and personal acquaintances. Everything you take in
effects the way you perceive the world. You become the average of the
input you take in and the people you spend your time with.
Believe it or not, that’s good news. All of that information you take
in is in your control. You can control the amount (if any) of negative
television you take in. You can control the destructive news you absorb.
You can control the radio station you listen to. You can even determine
who you spend your time with. There’s an easy way to select who or what
gets your attention. After spending time with that person or doing that
activity ask yourself, “Do I feel drained or do I feel energized?” If
it drains you…….DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH IT. If you feel energized,
it’s probably adding value to your life and making you better.
One of my mentors, Darren Hardy, puts it like this. Your mind is an
empty glass. When you fill it with dirty water that is the lens you see
the world through. The only thing you can see is negativity, doom and
gloom. When you begin to pour clean water into it, the dirty water
begins to overflow and leave the glass. Soon, if enough clean clear
water is poured into the glass container, it will flush out all the
murky water and you will be left with a glass of clean beautiful water,
and that how you will see the world.
Are you taking in more clean water that dirty?
Which wolf are you feeding?
Source: TodaysManager
