Today has been a very productive day. I have cleaned, done some paperwork, took the dog for a walk and went to the bank. Through out my day I usually have the TV on. Sometimes I watch it or glance at it, but it is always on. While I was going about my business Juliana & Bill were and Bill Rancic was speaking to a group of people in New York. He was speaking about decision making, planning and success. Towards the very end of his speech, he said "the difference between very successful people and people who work and just go along, is fear" (this quote is not verbatim). I stopped what I was doing and replayed the comment to make sure I heard him right. I agree with him, fear keeps me in complacency. Fear feeds doubt and insecurity which keeps me doing just enough to get by, helps me build resentments and feeds my inferiority. Fear is a waste of energy.
I was told of an American Indian proverb where a young boy is listening to his grandfather telling him about the struggle between the light and dark inside of a man. Inside of man lived two wolves, one wolf is full of fear, anger, jealousy, inferiority, shame, all the the dark that plagues man. The other wolf is full of love, light, positivity, love, happiness, kindness, all the good the embraces man. The child listened to his grandfather's story with earnest, as his grandfather told him how each day was a struggle between the wolves to win. The child finally asked "Grandfather, who wins?" To which his grandfather replied,"the one you feed".
I am well aware of that struggle, I have decided, successfully to feed the good ambitious, fearless wolf.
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