I like to eat pretty much everything - except olives and brussels sprouts! What you feed yourself can be healthy or unhealthy - fruits and vegetables or lots and lots of sugar. Same for your mind: tv, video games... Know what else you can feed? Your heart. That determines a lot in how your treat people: you can be mean and hurtful or be kind and loving. It depends on what you feed yourself - body, mind, and heart.
The story I told stemming from the gospel on the first Sunday of this month in which Jesus sent his disciples into the world "like sheep in the midst of wolves" seems like it might be worth repeating, given the current state of our world right now. It goes like this:
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One wolf is evil - he is anger, sorrow, greed, arrogance, guilt, and lies. The other wolf is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, kindness, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too.” The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf wins?” The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”
You can feed your body, mind, and heart healthy or unhealthy things and that determines how you treat people. Like a snarling wolf, you can feed yourself unhealthy things like anger and hurtfulness or like a Christlike lamb (or a good wolf) you can feed yourself kindness and love. It all depends on which one you feed.
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