In This Interview, Barbara Bonner and I Discuss…
- The Wolf Parable
- Her books, Inspiring Generosity and Inspiring Courage
- The power of putting ourselves in the way of inspiration
- How we’re different at the end of a book than at the beginning
- Reframing how we look at generosity
- How generosity flows from a sense of abundance
- How a sense of abundance flows from being generous
- That generosity and courage are action verbs
- The fact that you should feel a pinch when you act generously
- That saying the loving-kindness meditation can be generous
- What it means to lead a courageous life
- How no one who was courageous seems to claim courage
- The spontaneity of courage
- How authenticity seems to coincide with courage
- That you see a pattern of courage throughout people’s lives
- Post-traumatic growth
- How a strong childhood isn’t necessary in order to lead a full life
- The role of listening in generosity and courage
- How important listening is in all of life
- The correlation between generosity and courage
- Practicing generosity and courage and growing the ability to act on these qualities over time
- How to live a life of meaning you have to step forward
- “Do something every day that doesn’t compute” – Wendell Berry
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A grandfather is talking with his grandson and he says there are two wolves inside of us which are always at war with each other.
One of them is a good wolf which represents things like kindness, bravery and love. The other is a bad wolf, which represents things like greed, hatred and fear.
The grandson stops and thinks about it for a second then he looks up at his grandfather and says, “Grandfather, which one wins?”
The grandfather quietly replies, the one you feed
The Tale of Two Wolves is often attributed to the Cherokee indians but there seems to be no real proof of this. It has also been attributed to evangelical preacher Billy Graham and Irish Playwright George Bernard Shaw. It appears no one knows for sure but this does not diminish the power of the parable.
This parable goes by many names including:
The Tale of Two Wolves
The Parable of the Two Wolves
Two Wolves
Which Wolf Do You Feed
Which Wolf are You Feeding
Which Wolf Will You Feed
It also often features different animals, mainly two dogs
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