Virtue

[velvetpage]

A little boy asked his father, "why do some people do good things and some people do bad things?" The father replied, "every human being has two invisible wolves who follow him everywhere from the moment he is born. One wolf always tells him to do bad things, and the other wolf tells him to do good things. As the person gets older, one wolf gets bigger and stronger than the other, and eventually the other one gets so small and weak that the person can't hear it anymore." The little boy thought about this for awhile, then asked his father, "but, which of my wolves will get bigger and stronger as I grow up?" And the father replied, "whichever one you feed more."

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Comments

[paka.livejournal.com]

This is really embarassing because I kinda disagree with things here since it seems oversimplified, but the story, er, reminds me of part of a favorite comic book ("Hellboy: The Wolves of St. August" in case you were wondering).

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

In what way do you disagree? I'd like to hear your opinion.