Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Markus' Wolf

{Markus receiving his Wolf Badge last night}


Markus was so excited to go to the Blue and Gold Banquet last night that he even skipped his Lightning practice to go! He received his "Wolf" rank advancement and was in three skits as part of the celebration. I still took Max up for his practice and came back to watch the last few minutes of it. I read a story a while ago and was just reminded of it tonight as Markus was getting his "Wolf".

The Story of Two Wolves

An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life.



“A fight is going on inside me,” he told the young boy, “a terrible fight between two wolves. One is evil, full of anger, sorrow, regret, greed, self-pity and false pride. The other is good, full of joy, peace, love, humility, kindness and faith.”

“This same fight is going on inside of you, grandson…and inside of every other person on this earth.”

The grandson ponders this for a moment and then asks, “Grandfather, which wolf will win?”

The old man smiled and simply said,

“The one you feed.”