An elder Cherokee chief took his grandchildren into the forest and sat them down.
He said to them "A fight is going on inside of me. This is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.
One wolf is the wolf of fear, anger, arrogance, and greed.
The other is the wolf of courage, kindness, humility, and love."
The children were very quiet and listening to their grandfather with both ears.
He then said to them "This same fight between the two wolves that is going on inside of me is going on inside of you, and inside every person."
They thought about it for a minute and then one child asked the chief,
"Grandfather, which wolf will win the fight?"
He quietly said, "The one you feed."
--The Cherokee Nation
