Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

This is one of my favorite poems! Have you heard of it?

19 Apr 2023 · 1 min

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In this monologue, Nick Hutchison introduces the Cherokee "Two Wolves" story, where a grandfather tells his grandson that a fight between two wolves—one embodying ego, greed, and negativity, the other embodying light, positivity, and gratitude—rages inside every person. The grandson asks which wolf wins, and the grandfather replies, "the one you feed." Hutchinson uses this parable to emphasize the importance of nurturing positive emotions amid societal hate and division. He shares that he has a tattoo of the two wolves, symbolizing his personal commitment to feeding the positive wolf, and challenges viewers to consider which wolf they are feeding.

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Have you ever heard of the poem Two Wolves? It's one of my absolute favorites. It kind of goes like this. There's an old Cherokee grandfather talking to his grandson and he says, hey grandson, do you know there's a fight inside of all of us between 2 wolves? One represents ego and greed, nastiness. The other represents light, positivity, altruism, grace, gratitude, and they're always fighting. And the grandson looks up and says, well, which one wins? And he says, hmm, The one you feed. And that's a reminder that we need to talk to ourselves positively. We need to feed the positive emotions. There's so much hate and division out there. And so I actually got this tattoo right here of the 2 wolves, one representing life and fulfillment, happiness, positivity, and the other representing the more shallow sides of ourselves. So which one are you feeding?