An occasion to tell my two favorite stories
That is Heaven.
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So what is the difference between Heaven and Hell?
Well, you see, in Heaven the people are feeding each other.
Now do you believe in Hell?
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Q: Please tell me the date your column appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer in which you told your favorite story in which the elder Cherokee Native American taught his grandchildren about life. Thank you I loved that story! -- from J
A: I have no idea which week it was but I have a very good idea of what story it was. It is also one of my two favorite stories:
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A Cherokee Chief took his grandchildren for a walk into the forest. He sat them all down on a big rock and told them this: "My children of my children, I have brought you into the forest to tell you about a war. There is a war going on inside of me between two hungry wolves. One wolf is the wolf of sacrifice, compassion and love. The other wolf is the wolf of selfishness, jealousy and cruelty. I have brought you here to tell you that the war between the two wolves inside of me is the same war between the two hungry wolves inside of each one of you." The children were scared and quiet and then one of them in a trembling voice asked, "Grandfather, which wolf will win?" The Chief hugged the child and said, "The wolf that will win is the wolf you feed."
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My prayer for each of us and for our country ... may we all feed the right wolf.
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