From "Everyday Sacred" by Sue Bender:
Audrey, a friend, owned and treasured a rare Zuni fetish, a carved onyx
wolf sitting in the "singing position," with its head raised towards
the moon. To honor a friend of hers at a critical time, Audrey lent her
the wolf. Her friend assumed it was a gift and Audrey did not have the
heart to say, "No. This is mine. I need her!" When Audrey was next in
Santa Fe, she went back to the shop where she had bought her wolf and
asked for another just like it. A customer, overhearing her, came up and
said, "Maybe you don't need it anymore. Perhaps your wolf had done
whatever she could for you." [Bender, Sue Everyday Sacred: A Woman's Journey Home (Kindle Locations 843-848). Harper Collins, Inc.. Kindle Edition.]
There is a difference between "having the wolf", say in your treasures drawer or on your display shelf, and growing from the wolf and what she ripens in you. When you ripen, and become ready, you don't need the little carving anymore.
