Comments on: Home for the holidays… http://renewabelle.com/2009/12/holiday-truth/ Sustainable is attainable... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:20:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gordon http://renewabelle.com/2009/12/holiday-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Gordon Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:51:36 +0000 http://renewabelle.com/?p=76#comment-36 Belle, great honest post. Your advice in the last two paragraphs is good stuff and I know a few who might need to read it. I'll send them your way.<br><br>Gordon Belle, great honest post. Your advice in the last two paragraphs is good stuff and I know a few who might need to read it. I'll send them your way.

Gordon

]]> By: Gordon http://renewabelle.com/2009/12/holiday-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Gordon Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:51:36 +0000 http://renewabelle.com/?p=76#comment-5 Belle, great honest post. Your advice in the last two paragraphs is good stuff and I know a few who might need to read it. I'll send them your way.<br><br>Gordon Belle, great honest post. Your advice in the last two paragraphs is good stuff and I know a few who might need to read it. I'll send them your way.

Gordon

]]> By: renewabelle http://renewabelle.com/2009/12/holiday-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-4 renewabelle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:04:40 +0000 http://renewabelle.com/?p=76#comment-4 Thanks for commenting, Johnny. It really is easy to forget there are always choices. Your insight reminds me of a great folktale...<br><br>An old Cherokee Indian was speaking to his grandson:<br><br>"A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "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. The other is good -- he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too."<br><br>The grandson thought about it for a long minute, and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"<br><br>The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed." Thanks for commenting, Johnny. It really is easy to forget there are always choices. Your insight reminds me of a great folktale…

An old Cherokee Indian was speaking to his grandson:

“A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “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. The other is good — he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too.”

The grandson thought about it for a long minute, and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”

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

]]> By: johnnybtruant http://renewabelle.com/2009/12/holiday-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-3 johnnybtruant Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:33:26 +0000 http://renewabelle.com/?p=76#comment-3 I think you're right. Each tragedy has the opportunity to develop good, and the shitty thing about it is that it's usually a "character enhancement" or lesson that you'd rather not learn... but that is nonetheless a positive improvement. It's a convoluted thing -- kind of a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation.<br><br>But of course the truth is that whether you try to find meaning or positivity or not, it won't change the fact of what happened.<br><br>So you're left with a choice. You're where you are regardless. So do you choose to crumble? Or do you choose to learn and go on? It's still a choice. In the end, once most of the turbulence has passed, it's always a choice. I think you're right. Each tragedy has the opportunity to develop good, and the shitty thing about it is that it's usually a “character enhancement” or lesson that you'd rather not learn… but that is nonetheless a positive improvement. It's a convoluted thing — kind of a “damned if you do, damned if you don't” situation.

But of course the truth is that whether you try to find meaning or positivity or not, it won't change the fact of what happened.

So you're left with a choice. You're where you are regardless. So do you choose to crumble? Or do you choose to learn and go on? It's still a choice. In the end, once most of the turbulence has passed, it's always a choice.

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