The Story: Two Wolves and the Moral of The Story is "We Always Have A Choice"

I have a sense that storytelling has been lost at large. Generations ago when the storytellers gathered around a campfire to tell a tale they were in no doubt about their intended message or who their audience was.

The stories we tell nowadays are so varied. News and advertising are two examples in which storytelling is alive. Gaming is another. And websites tell stories through their interaction, the problems they solve and the way they communicate information.

But with this story we go around the campfire:

Sitting around an old Cherokee is teaching the children of his tribe about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the children.

“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 children were silent as they thought about it for a while and then a little girl asked,

“Which wolf will win?”

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

Which wolf are you feeding? 

We always have a choice…