No one has ever accused me of being the sentimental type. When people forward inspirational messages or YouTube videos of dogs saving other animals or cute babies I usually have to resist an urge to email back and ask them to stop sending all the feel-good crap. But, once in a rare while I read something that resonates (in fact, I have two items clipped and saved in 35 years!). Here’s one:

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An old Cherokee woman is teaching her granddaughter about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” she said to the girl. “It’s a terrible fight and it’s between two wolves. One is evil – she is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lied, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is good – she is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you – inside every other person, too.”

The granddaughter thought about it for a minute and then asked her grandmother, “Which wolf will win?”

The grandmother simply replied, “The one you feed.”

-Author unknown

It’s time to get politically active. There is pending legislation to make chickens illegal in Nashville Metro.

Here’s the story in the Tennessean: http://kl.am/1lAM

Here’s info on the ordinance: http://kl.am/1lAT

We need to get a group together to attend the next council meeting, July 21st, 6:30 p.m. at Council Chamber at the Metropolitan Courthouse. I am gathering more information about what we can do to oppose this legislation. Please let me know if you can attend the meeting with me and/or help oppose this.