Which one will you feed??

" A chief is talking to his tribe about two dogs inside his mind: one a white dog that is good and courageous, the other a black dog that is vengeful and angry.  Both dogs are fighting to the death.  A young brave, unable to wait for the end of the story asks, " which one will win?" The chief responds, " The one I feed."
 - Native American story quoted in  the book Emotional Freedom by Judith Orloff, M.D.

Interesting don't you think?  This brings to mind how since the beginning of time, there has always been a struggle between good and evil, right and wrong, love and hate.  Was it a struggle between cultures, religions, genders...or was it a battle that was raging within every man and woman through time?  I believe there are two people in everyone, the good and the bad, but what comes to the surface, is the one that we pay most attention too. 

I know that I have struggled with my good and evil sides,  the little voice in my head telling me to do all the bad things...while the little one in my heart  that tells  me not too.  Is it possible to do both?  I have, it is possible to do something wicked and enjoy doing it...only to have it sneak up on me years later either to make me laugh in the memory ( or disbelief that I could have been so wicked!) or make me shake my head and wonder how I could have been so careless.  How many times have you argued with your good side or your  bad side?  Which one do you feed everyday?  Do you think good thoughts and treat everyone with compassion and love?  Or do you blame, hate and walk all over everyone like they owe you?  I for one have always tried my best to treat others the way I would like to be treated, but since there are two people in all of us ...I didn't always get treated well by them, I always seemed to bring out the bad side in the people that I craved to please the most. 

But times have changed for  me...I no longer feed or listen to the angry voice, but I listen to the soft one, the one that I feed, the one that I love, encourage and the one that allows me to be the woman that I am.  I chose to slam the door on the angry dog, not listen to it never ending constant complaining....I could not stand to hear it anymore..instead, I chose to open the door to my good side, the side that has been waiting patiently for many years for me to let in..letting her in, was the best thing I ever did.  By feeding my good side, I have the power to be who I want to be, treat everyone with love no matter how they treat me, and know...that what goes around comes around, but also...that your karma is how you treat people. 

So, which one will you feed????

xoxo
BT&HB