Thursday, March 31, 2011

A Cherokee Legend - Will Good or Evil Win?


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." 

And this is so true.
Love,
Grammy T.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

To Pooped To Pop And I Ain't Lyin'

Photo by Veer
A little deer eating flowers

I just planted viola's and snapdragons
and now I am too pooped to pop 
and I ain't lyin'!

Are the little deer going to eat my 
pretty new flowers?

Please tell me 
NO.

Love,
Grammy T.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Why Am I Going To Hell She Asked

I have said before and I'll say it again

One thing that I learned while serving with them at the
 University of Florida, was that they all had a special purpose 
for being at a certain place 
when they were there 
and 
while they were there.  

There was a campus ministers group of other young people
that would be on campus while our missionaries were there 
and they always yelled at our missionaries and 
told them they were going to Hell. 

On one of the days while our Elders and Sisters 
were visiting with some interested 
students about the Gospel. 

The ministers came a yellin' 
"You are going to HELL!" 

As they were walking away 
our Sister H. said;
 “Hey come back here! 
Why are we going to hell?” 

The young man turned and looked at her and said, 
“I don’t know, we were told that you were 
so I thought you were.”

She told him that was not a good enough reason, 
in her own special way of telling him,
and to not do it again. 

When they told me that story I laughed and thought 
only Sister H. could have done 
such a good job with that.
Only sister H. 

I love you Sister H. 

Love,
Grammy T.