{"id":1499,"date":"2011-08-22T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T04:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2011-08-22T13:47:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T17:47:05","slug":"the-lessons-of-the-wolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2011\/08\/the-lessons-of-the-wolves.html","title":{"rendered":"The Lessons of the Wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akvis.com\/img\/examples\/sketch\/wolf-sketch\/wolf-photo.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/akvis.com\/img\/examples\/sketch\/wolf-sketch\/wolf-photo.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #666699\"><br \/>\n&#8220;Grandfather Tells&#8221; which is also known as &#8220;The Wolves Within&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699\">An old Grandfather said to his grandson, who came to him with anger at a friend who had done him an injustice, &#8220;Let me tell you a story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699\">I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699\">But hate wears you down, and does not hurt your enemy.\u00a0 It is like taking poison and wishing your enemy would die.\u00a0 I have struggled with these feelings many times.&#8221;\u00a0 He continued, &#8220;It is as if there are two wolves inside me.\u00a0 One is good and does no harm.\u00a0 He lives in harmony with all around him, and does not take offense when no offense was intended.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #666699\">He will only fight when it is right to do so, and in the right way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699\">But the other wolf, ah!\u00a0 He is full of anger.\u00a0 The littlest thing will set him into a fit of temper.\u00a0 He fights everyone, all the time, for no reason.\u00a0 He cannot think because his anger and hate are so great.\u00a0 It is helpless anger, for his anger will change nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699\">Sometimes, it is hard to live with these two wolves inside me, for both of them try to dominate my spirit.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699\">The boy looked intently into his Grandfather&#8217;s eyes and asked, &#8220;Which one wins, Grandfather?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699\">The Grandfather smiled and quietly said, &#8220;The one I feed.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Simple Truths is a wonderful website by Mac Anderson with many inspirational books and videos.<br \/>\nHere is a good one I would like to share with you regarding our furry friends.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">It&#8217;s a society where teamwork, loyalty and communication are the norm rather than the exception.\u00a0 Sound like utopia? Actually, it&#8217;s already present in nature &#8211; in a wolf pack.\u00a0 The wolf pack knows who it is.\u00a0 Those in the pack exist for each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"> Twyman Towery, Ph.D., a professional speaker and consultant who studied the lessons of leadership in nature, has captured them in a book called <em>Wisdom of Wolves<\/em><strong><em><\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Twyman shares the parallels between the wolf pack and human behavior&#8230;in business life, family life, and personal life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">enjoy this video and its lessons&#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wisdom of Wolves: Leadership Lessons from Nature\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U6EKK0EZm40?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">smiles,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">\ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>The Mega Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Grandfather Tells&#8221; which is also known as &#8220;The Wolves Within&#8221; An old Grandfather said to his grandson, who came to him with anger at a friend who had done him an injustice, &#8220;Let me tell you a story. 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