![]() ![]() The white wolf is interested in the development and empowerment of all his white brothers and sisters and sees himself as a mere vehicle to spread loving kindness. The black wolf is primarily self-serving and mainly interested in staying ahead of the other wolves at any cost. And every strong white wolf will back his weaker brothers and sisters up. The underdeveloped white wolves realize they are potentially a lot stronger than their black bullies. When a well developed white wolf enters a room filled with back wolves something changes. Where the shoulder height of the black wolf can reach a maximum of 32-34 inches (80-85 cm), the white wolf can grow into the size of a horse. And of course, I believe them, in the sense that I can see that the vast majority of businesses and corparations are completely run by black wolves.īut I found out something really cool about the white wolf. “There is no place for the white wolf in our company”, they say. “If I show my white wolf at work, it will be murdered within seconds” is a common reply from executives I coach. The white wolf is weak, skinny and small. We are driven by greed and fear, our economy is based on the idea of scarsity and in order to survive the black wolf will go far to obtain the biggest part of the pie he can get.įact is that most of us have a very underdeveloped white wolf. When hearing this story many people realize how utterly and completely their world is dominated by the black wolf. Not that I like it but I surely resonate with it. And I don’t know about you but the third thing that definately speaks to me is that it’s a never ending battle. It’s the whole spiritual path, or the path to happines and fulfilment in a nutshell. We can stop feeding the black wolf and start feeding the white wolf at any given moment. What also sounds pretty convincing and hopeful is the idea that we have a choice. These emotions can really have power over us and we can see how we keep fueling them and feel how hard it is to “snap out of it”. Nice story, isn’t it? It is not so hard to resonate with the “feeding” of anger, jealousy, envy and greed. The old Cherokee simply replies, “the one that we feed”. It’s the child that asked the initial question that can’t handle the tension anymore. The white wolf is filled with peace, love, hope, courage, humility, compassion, and faith. The black wolf is filled with fear, anger, envy, jealousy, greed, and arrogance. “And in your chest too?” asks a third one. “In our chests too, grandfather?” asks another child. The eyes of the children have grown big by now. ![]() And these wolves are constantly fighting each other”. “Well” the old man replies “we all have two wolves inside us, you see. One of the children pops the question that puzzles him. The children are eager to hear what he has to say about it. That day there had been a quite tumultuous conflict between two adults and their grandfather was called to mediate. They are filled with excitement and curiousity. I also found that there is a second chapter but let me start with the beginning.Ī group of Cherokee children has gathered around their grandfather. Because I felt like writing about it I just did some Google research and I realized that I unconsciously changed the story slightly. There is a story I like to tell to my clients, participants and friends.
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