No man's land

Have you ever noticed that you have wonderful control over your body. You pretty much can tell it what to do all day every day. Walk over there, eat this, move your arm this way. It follows your every thought, as you trumble about your day.

Now have you ever noticed that your body has wonderful control over you. How it can tell you what it is feeling and force you to follow it's demands of you. I'm hungry and need food, or i'm tired so I don't care where we are I need sleep. How about i'm sick, and don't feel like doing anything today except laying here, so let's do it. Your body has an amazing amount of control over what you do as you meander about your day.

It seems there is a space between what you want and what your body wants, where their wills collide. A type of no mans land where no one owns it, everyone is a afraid to go, but when put on the offensive they both scratch, claw, and scramble for every inch of it that they can take. There is a space where you can push a little harder, and stay a little stronger every day.

A Cherokee Legend

An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy.

"It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego." He continued, "The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

Here is a picture to get your excited for my next post about Josh and Staci's big adventure!