The Two Wolves

A Cherokee elder was teaching his grandchildren about life.

He said to them, “A fight is going on inside me… it is a terrible fight between two wolves.

One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, hatefulness, and lies.

The other stands for joy, peace, love, hope, humbleness, kindness, friendship, generosity, faith, and truth.

This same fight is going on inside of you, and inside every other person, too.”

The children thought about it for a minute. Then one child asked his grandfather,

“Which wolf will win?”

The Cherokee elder replied…

“The one you feed.”

Not Moh Hong related, but I wanted to share this story. It comes from a lovely blog by a lady named Ronnie Ann here.

Details of the Pontian trip have been finalised.

• Date: Sunday 5th August
• Time: 8am leaving AMK, estimating arriving at Pontian Shrine at 10am
• Meeting Place: At the bus stop outside the Jubilee Theatre (opposite the MRT station) in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8.
• Bus Numbers: 9481 and 4295

If those bus numbers come up in 4D will somebody buy me a morning coffee?

There’ll be a meditation session, post-Vesak meeting and various activities to be advised later. The confirmed schedule for the day is:

• 12 noon - Vegetarian Buffet Lunch
• 3.30pm - Shopping
• 5pm - Seafood 8 Course Dinner (karaoke available)
• 8pm - Returning to Singapore

Finally, a few important things to remember:

• Passports must have 6 months validity
• All participants need to observe a vegetarian diet from 11pm Saturday 4th August
• Please collect your bottle of drinking water before boarding the bus (breakfast is not provided)
• The Singapore Shrine is open on the 12th August but is closed on the 26th August and 9th September. More dates here.

This Pontian Day Trip is the beginning of a series of activities, workshops that are being organised. So, look out for news at the notice board or check it out here. Should be lots of fun!

Just a short update on the Moh Hong trip to Pontian, Malaysia. It has been confirmed for Sunday 5th August and the bus leaves from AMK MRT, opposite the bus station at 8am. We’ll have bus plate numbers and a map shortly and I’ll post them as soon as they become available.

In the meantime, I now know a few irrelevant facts about the area. In addition to a massive trade in durians, did you know it had a Pineapple Museum?

We mentioned in the last post that there would be a trip to Pontian this Sunday for Vesak helpers and members. Unfortunately this has been delayed by a couple of weeks due to unforeseen circumstances. Group reps should have been in touch about the rescheduling, but if you have any queries please do get in touch with Yang Kuan. We’ll keep you posted here as soon as we have a new date for the outing.