Stories and News

Stories and News No. 1238 These days I am often thinking about the well-known legend of the two wolves from the Native American people of the Cherokee. For those who do not know it, I summarize it: an old man is trying to teach his grandson a life lesson. “There's a war inside me,” he tells him. “It's a terrible fight and it's between two wolves. One is evil and is made up of anger, envy, pain, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego. The other is good: it is made up of joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith. The same struggle is happening inside you and inside every other person". The grandson thinks about it for a moment and then asks the grandfather: "Which wolf will win?" The old man replies: "The one you are going to feed". Well, my impression is that the metaphor inherent in this simple but great ...

Things I need and do not need   By Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher Why you bring bracelets to dinner? Aunt asks. Mom smiles, Dad shakes his head. You don’t need them, grandpa says. You do not need those things at seven years old, Beatriz. Mom now laughs, also aunt, uncle too. And dad? He always shakes his head. How can he do it with that stuff on his face? Because I pay attention to... what is that difficult word that the teacher explained the other day? One moment, I wrote it in the notebook that my brother gave me, I'm going to read. Here you may put the words that you don’t understand and that you like, Steven explained. Found it: contradictions. I really like it, in fact. It means that one thing has nothing to do with the other, they might be contrary too, and yet they are together, very close. Are the contradictions dangerous? Fred asked at school, the child named Fred, but he is Chinese, not to be confused with the other Fred who... I don’t know where he co...