The other wolf is good, and he joy, peace love, humanity and kindness, compassion and faith. It is an ongoing battle between the two wolves, he tells his grandson. The grandson then asks his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?” The wise old man replies, “The one you feed.”

The story very simply illustrates that our life is what our thoughts make it. Perhaps more than anything else, it is our attitude and our thoughts which determine the quality of our lives.

However nowadays it is becoming increasingly easy to spiral down the trail of negative thoughts. Looking around us, we hear all about the great injustices humankind faces in the name of religion, switching on a news channel, we mostly hear how harsh situations are in one country or another ; conversations amongst friends inevitably leads to topics on poor financial climates as well as the frustrations we face in our daily lives.

Most of time we may not even realize that we have stepped into the zone of negative thinking. If we were to examine ourselves closely, we would realize that most of us spend the day complaining rather than appreciating. Waking up in the morning to a rainy day, we complain about how the bad weather has ruined our plans.

Doing our meditation, our mind takes us on an endless journey of our worldly thoughts, and we end up complaining how we just can’t sit. On the way to work, stuck in a traffic jam, we complain about how much precious time is being wasted.

In one’s life a positive attitude is of utmost importance. If we are able to look at the situations in our life in a positive manner, we’ll be able to sit back for a while for a light, happy heart. And the more we are able to to do so, the more positive and happy our outlook becomes.