There’s an old Cherokee parable that goes something like this:
An old Cherokee elder is teaching his grandson about life.
He says, "Inside each of us, there is a battle between two wolves. One wolf is evil—it is anger, envy, greed, arrogance, resentment, lies, and ego. The other wolf is good—it is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy, and truth."
The boy thinks for a moment and asks, "Grandfather, which wolf wins?" The elder replies, "The one you feed."
This parable couldn’t be more appropriate and needed for the particular timeline we all find ourselves struggling to thrive in today. Over time, we will actually become whichever of those two wolves we decide to feed the most.
As chaotic, divisive, and edgy as the world we all share is today it’s easy to be negative, disrespectful of others who don’t agree with you, and confrontational. It’s easy (and sometimes so satisfying) to feed that evil wolf. But any benefits you receive from living this kind of life are only destructive in the long term. Without fail, in the long term, it’s always to our benefit to feed our other wolf.
"I choose to live by choice, not by chance; to make changes, not excuses; to be motivated and not manipulated; to be useful, not used." ~ Merrill Hayden
I think we can agree on one thing—we all need more good vibes. An idea was born in the comments section of a Hive post a few days ago in an exchange between me and my Scottish friend, Ed (@TengoLoTodo), about creating a #GoodVibesOnly tag here on Hive to try to reward and encourage more—harmony, humor, and positive content on this platform. Here’s a link to his post if you'd like to read it and give it some support.
This, right here, is a perfect example and a good reminder of how incredibly powerful this platform can be. How many social media campaigns can you think of that were born in the comments section of other platforms? Right now, in the moment, can think of zero. Yet this has happened multiple times on Hive.
Until further notice I’ll be monitoring this tag and distributing some upvotes for those who create positive content and use the #GoodVibesOnly tag. I will also choose random, extraordinary posts to share across my other social media platforms. I encourage you to do the same if you want to feed the other wolf and change the vibe of the world and this platform.
Use your discretion and keep this tag pure and elevating. I envision posts using this tag to be ones people will want seek out if they've had a bad day to make themselves feel better.
Any posts that add positivity, levity, music, poetry, life hacks, wellness, and balance to this platform will be rewarded. There will be no hard and fast rules as to what Hive posts will qualify for or merit the #GoodVibesOnly tag but if any of you discover posts that are negative or divisive using this tag I encourage you to ignore or downvote them (I’ll do this as well). We need to work together to preserve the sanctity of the #GoodVibesOnly tag.
I wish you well, now let’s get busy elevating vibes however we can.
Let's keep on Hiving and Vibing together.
All for now. Thanks for reading.
