Fuzzy Signals

Cherokee Proverb

"An elderly Cherokee was teaching his grandchildren about life... He said to them, 'A fight is going on inside of me.' It is a terrible fight, and it is between two wolves.

One wolf is evil---he is fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed,
arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride,
competition, superiority, and ego.

The other is good--- he is joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity,
hunility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth,
compassion, patience and faith.

The same fight is going on inside every other person.

His grandchildren thought about this for a minute, then one child asked,
'which wolf will win, Grandfather?'

The old Cherokee replied softly, 'The one you feed.' "

This wonderful proverb I found on RECURSIVEirony, the blog of my multi-talented old buddy, Christopher Palmer, who has the distinction of witnessing me writhing around on the floor of his tech room in the throes of embarrassment agony after I had accidently sent out an incredibly embarrassing (and slightly explicit) email to a group email list. All present thought this very amusing, especially my futile request to "take back" the email. The good news: that was about 6.5 years ago, and the subject matter of the email was about my new found love at the time, the same man whom I'm still happily building a life with.