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Two Wolves.

Hey everybody, Joe Simons, like diamonds back again with Unchurched.

And read you a little story.

One evening, an elder Cherokee Indian told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside of all people. He said, my son, the battle is between two wolves inside of us at all times.

One wolf is fear. It carries anxiety, concern, uncertainty, hesitancy, indecision, and in action.

The other wolf is faith. It brings calm, conviction, confidence, enthusiasm, decisiveness,

excitement, and action. The grandson thought about it for a moment, and then meekly asked his grandfather,

Grandpa, which wolf wins? The old Cherokee looked at him and replied, the one that you feed.

Woo! Powerful stuff. I recently came across this. I had read it before in the past, and it hits me hard every time because it is so true. And I've talked, I'm going to say countless times in the past on these episodes about anxiety and fear. And it's so true. I spend a little time thinking about some of my past with anxiety. And guess what I was feeding when I was at my worst? I was feeding the anxiety. I was feeding that wolf within me. And there was a side of me. I mean, you're hearing about it when I go on front of a camera or on a podcast like this that has a lot of confidence, right,

that takes action, that gets things done.

And when I'm feeding that, I feel like I've got power.

I've got momentum.

It just feels good, right?

It brings up more happiness and more fulfillment in life.

And when you focus on the fear, which does bring everything that just talked about, right? Indecision and can't be

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