Chapter 3. What Do Your Personal Values Have to Do with Your Identity?

An old Cherokee told his grandson, “My son, there is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies, and ego. The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy, and truth.” The boy thought about it and asked, “Grandfather, which wolf wins?” The old man quietly replied, “The one you feed.”

Rob parked his car in the municipal lot and sighed as he looked at the red-and-brown brick building that contained Blakenfield’s city jail. His best friend was in there. Inside. Locked up. Again.

His steps sounded in hollow clicks as he followed the guard down a row of cells. Allen had been moved from the ...

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