rosie wrote:

> great story tono........................i will cut and paste and
> save!
>

Glad you liked it!

If you search a bit, you may find a better version. The one difference
I noticed is that in the original story I read, the old Indian tells the
boy that *everyone* has the same two wolves fighting inside them, this
one only mentions inside himself. I think that is an important part
that shouldn't be left out.

Tono



"Tono" <tono1@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:E4zgc.3940$2v.1571@nwrdny02.gnilink.net...
: rosie wrote:
:
: > GEO,
: > so did you find posts in here that were supportive of you and
your
: > concerns yet?
: > there have been some.
:
: Good point. It is up to us to focus on the good instead of the
bad.
: There is a lot of good here if you really want it.
:
: This is a shortened version of a great story:
:
: An old Cherokee Indian is telling his grandson about a fight that
is
: going on inside himself. He said it is between two wolves.
:
: One is evil: Anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance,
self-pity,
: guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and
ego.
:
: The other is good: Joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility,
kindness,
: benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.
:
: The grandson thought about this for a minute and then asked his
: grandfather, "Which wolf wins?"
:
: The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one I feed."
:
: Tono

>That reminds me again of an AAer I know, I did post this recently, but
>what the hell, I'll post it again. When this guy sees someone getting a
>card signed for court purposes, he tells them that they can get anyone
>to sign it, they don't have to come to meetings at all! But if they
>ever want to get sober, then please come back!
>

I hear that a lot around here at meetings. People that say once they realized
they could sign their own court paper but keep coming anyway ... they must be
hearing *something* that makes them feel like they're in the right place.

Christine wrote:

>>That reminds me again of an AAer I know, I did post this recently, but
>>what the hell, I'll post it again. When this guy sees someone getting a
>>card signed for court purposes, he tells them that they can get anyone
>>to sign it, they don't have to come to meetings at all! But if they
>>ever want to get sober, then please come back!
>>
>
>
> I hear that a lot around here at meetings. People that say once they realized
> they could sign their own court paper but keep coming anyway ... they must be
> hearing *something* that makes them feel like they're in the right place.

I guess it's a little "reverse psychology".

Tono