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Cherokee Story

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Cherokee story is how it is attributed, who told it, but I suspect the story’s origin is lost to time. But the Cherokee story is about a grandson who was wrestling with a couple of ideas. The grandson went and talked with his grandfather to try to get the situation resolved and the grandfather said, “What you’ve got is a battle between two wolves and they’re trying to decide which one is going to win out.” The grandson asked well, “Which one will win?”

It’s the One You Feed

The grandfather replies with a simple phrase, “It’s the one you feed.” This is a great idea and it illustrates the concept that you get what you focus on. But there’s a sub-story to this, that lies underneath the main story.

The grandson skipped over a generation. The generation of his father who is involved in the day-to-day operations of making the world work and went to the oldest source he could find.

The Cherokee Grandfather

That is a nice little piece of wisdom and here’s another piece of wisdom that is well exchanged. The grandfather wasn’t specific, He wasn’t involved in the age of the wolves, the pack, or gender. He was about the imminent choice that his grandson was going to make. He was about the direction that things would take. It wasn’t specific. He said this is what’s going to happen.

The grandson went to the most experienced source of wisdom he could find. In turn, the grandfather offered advice but wasn’t specific. He didn’t say, you need to do this, or you need to do that.

Fate Follows Focus

The grandfather said whatever you choose to do is where your focus is going to go. And what is going to be the direction of your life. A little bit of wisdom from the grandson knowing to go to the oldest font of wisdom he could find. And a little bit of wisdom from the grandfather allowing the grandchild to shape his world the way he sees fit.

Here are a few other Native American stories if you want more: Native American Stories

Another post you might enjoy: Stories We Tell

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Fast Zombie

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Fast zombie. They are part of our world. It is no secret that mayhem and chaos sell, fear sells, it sells all the time. One of the classic methods of selling fear is the horror movie. It’s a genre all to itself with monsters that have changed over time. The monsters used to be the elite.


The mad doctor who creates his monster. The undead Egyptian Pharaoh that’s stalking his victims for being disrupted from his sleep. A Count who sucks your blood, an invisible man, made insane by his experiment as and an elite scientist.

Fast Zombies and Old Monsters

These old monsters came down from on high, from the elite of society. The creators often, through acts, of hubris flew too close to the Sun. Like Icarus from the myth. The results became these twisted and distorted monsters


Today the monsters are us. The Purge movies are about people running amok under the cover of law, or lawlessness actually. The walking dead are about, well zombies galore. We have stories and movies about mass murderers and psychopathic killers.


I’m not offering a solution here, just an observation that movies can lead or follow popular culture. But they do mimic and often reflect what is happening.

Where Did That Fast Zombie Come From?

As we look back over our shoulders and see the looming monster who is chasing us, what they look like? How fast they’re moving and can we get a good look at them? The question becomes, what’s their point of origin? Where did they come from? or they were they created from on high like the monsters of older. Were they created here with the rest of us? And as we look over our shoulder, as we are running away, the question remains, how did we come to this place?


Again, I make no conclusions here. This is simply an observation. It’s your responsibility to adjust the lights on the movie set for a different look.

Here is the origin of zombies from :The History Channel

Want Something a little more uplifting: Cultivating a Life

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Gift Eyes

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Gift eyes see the world differently. Unsatisfied with the place you are is not an uncommon thing to have happen. The dissatisfaction is a motivator. It’s a change, or it gets you off your mark, gets you going it’s not a bad thing to have. But sometimes we become overly oriented externally. Too much on the work, get, got, got to have.

Living Without Gift Eyes, It’s Not The Best Place

In the old movie Buckaroo Banzai, Buckaroo says the classic statement, “Wherever you go, there you are.” It is silly, but in that silliness is a piece of truth. You’re just where you are, right now, and it may not be perfect, it is unlikely perfect. But, you’ve constructed, in your mind, what perfection looks like but you’re not there but it is where you are. So, take a moment to survey your world, do a little accounting. But only look at it with gift eyes not sour eyes, gift eyes.

How Can I Live Well?

Gift eyes asked the questions, “How can I live well?” “How can I live into what I’m experiencing?” “What can I do that will make the world better for others?”

Sour eyes, “That’s not good enough.” Whatever it is, it isn’t good enough. The fault is always found. The accounting is always wrong, and it’s a heck of a way to go through life.

Gift eyes. it changes your perspective. How odd that we should be talking about eyes and shifting your perspective. But it does, it changes everything. It makes your life better, it makes those lives around you better, and ultimately it flows out into the community.

Take a moment don’t look at the world with sour eyes. Shift with the gift eyes, look at it. I bet you within five minutes you’re going to be smiling, laughing, and grinning at the experience that you’re having. Your world becomes greater brighter and more enjoyable.

Here are some, take action, tips from Good Morning Quote: 10 Simple Tips on How to Have a Positive Outlook

You may enjoy this other post on: Negative Self-Talk

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