Today's Inspiration
presented to you by Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
The focus for today's inspiration is:
What I feed with my energy is what grows stronger.
In her book, The Power of Archetypes, Marie D. Jones relates a story that you may be familiar with:
"There is a famous Native American parable about a grandfather who is talking with his grandson, who says “I feel as though I have two wolves at war in my heart. One wolf is angry and vengeful; the other wolf is loving and compassionate. How do I know which wolf will win?” The grandfather says, “The one you feed is the one that will win.”
"Aha! So what we give our attention to is what grows bigger. What we continue to complain about, hate, resent, resist, deny, and suppress makes those very things grow because we are giving them our focus, whether consciously or subconsciously.
"It sounds easy to understand, but in order to stop feeding the wrong wolves, we need to first call them by name and then round them up out of the shadowy depths of their hiding places in the collective unconscious and decide whether or not we should cast them out of our own fairy tales." -- The Power of Archetypes, Marie D. Jones
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ADDITIONAL READING: For more reflections on this topic, read the InnerSelf.com article:
Are We Addicted to Adrenaline and Feeding Fear-Based Realities?
Written by Marie T. Russell
Read the article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of being aware of what you are feeding with your energy (today and every day)
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Today, we feed with our energy the things we wish to grow stronger.
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RECOMMENDED READING:
BOOK: The Only Little Prayer You Need
The Only Little Prayer You Need: The Shortest Route to a Life of Joy, Abundance, and Peace of Mind
by Debra Landwehr Engle.
These six words--please heal my fear-based thoughts--change lives.
In this brief and inspiring book, based on Debra's study of A Course in Miracles, she explains how to use the prayer and experience immediate benefits.
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About The Author
Marie T. Russell is the founder of InnerSelf Magazine (founded 1985). She also produced and hosted a weekly South Florida radio broadcast, Inner Power, from 1992-1995 which focused on themes such as self-esteem, personal growth, and well-being. Her articles focus on transformation and reconnecting with our own inner source of joy and creativity.
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