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An updated tale of what choosing the high road really means. An introduction to communication and emotional alchemy.
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The SpeakStrong Method Level One: Session 2
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A Cherokee elder told his grandchildren…
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and that was the end of Grandfather’s Tale of Two Wolves
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What did you learn?
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To be good
To be peaceful
To be happy
To be brave
To be noble
To feed the good
wolf
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Remember to listen with both ears. The problem is NOT what you think it is. Then, Grandmother looked each child lovingly in the eyes and gave them each a bowl of soup that nourished them to their bones.
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...be brave
...be peaceful
...be happy
...be good ...be noble
…feed the right
wolf
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What stories do you have
for me?
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A good story
A peaceful
story
A happy story
A brave story
A noble story
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An HONEST story
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I looked for the good wolf. All I could find was
the bad wolf.
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I looked more for the good wolf. All I could find
was the bad wolf.
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I looked more for the good wolf. All I could find
was the bad wolf.
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I looked more for the good wolf. All I could find
was the bad wolf.
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And she ranted and raged and fussed and fumed I was afraid she might start a fire
Why are you so angry?
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And then when my ears got tired I listened with my heart and then I listened with my soul
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And the wolf didn’t look so angry any more
How powerful your anger is.
I wonder what you could build with
that much power.
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And she wept and she wailed and she screeched and she sobbed and I was afraid she would start a flood
Why are you so sad?
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And then when my ears got tired I listened with my heart and then I listened with my soul
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And the wolf didn’t look so sad any more
How tender your sadness is.
How well you must have loved with that
much tenderness.
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And she shivered and she shook and she shuddered and she spluttered and I was afraid she would start an earthquake
Why are you so afraid?
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And then when my ears got tired I listened with my heart and then I listened with my soul
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And the wolf didn’t look so scared any more
How alive your fear is. I wonder what you could awaken
with that much aliveness.
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And she bowed and she bent and she hunched and she hid and I was afraid she would disappear
Why are you so
ashamed?
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And then when my ears got tired I listened with my heart and then I listened with my soul
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And the wolf didn’t look so ashamed any more
How humble and wise your mistakes
made you. I admire the wisdom
you have gained.
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Powerful Tender Alive Noble
And loving
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Like a very good wolf indeed!
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What did you learn?
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I thought the bad wolf was the problem I learned I needed to listen with both ears. I thought I shouldn’t feed the bad wolf. But I did. I fed her compassion, caring, ideas and inspiration. I fed the good wolf inside the bad wolf.
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Just then Grandfather woke from his nap. He noticed the eldest youngster and said:
You look well. Have you been
feeding the good wolf?
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Yes, Grandfather, I have.
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and sat down to tell the children another tale while Grandmother stirred more soup.
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you might find the “wrong wolf.”
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make sure you aren’t casting out the best part of yourself.
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Practice listening with both ears to what anger, sadness, fear and regret have to teach you.
Find the power, tenderness, aliveness and wisdom at their core.
It’s not about perfection. It’s about wholeness.
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With me: Meryl Runion Rose www.speakstrong.com
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