let go

I read stories all the time, but these two, were embedded in my mind.

Monkeys and the oranges
Though monkeys are very agile, but this is this ultimate method to catch them:

put a jar of oranges in a jungle. The diameter of the jar neck must be just nice for a normal hand size. Later, monkeys will come, and they will put their hands into the jar to get the their favourite oranges, and hunters may show up soon after.

Guess what? the monkeys will try to run away, but they can't.....WHY???

Because they will hold orange(s) so tightly and they will never let go. the bulging fist with oranges can't pass through the narrow jar neck. Obviously, they will be caught by hunters.

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Little monk vs hot chick
One day, little monk follows his master to somewhere else. On the way, they reach a river bank, and there is no bridge. Coincidently,there is a very beautiful chick there as well, and she cannot and doesn't dare to cross the river though it's not very deep.

The master decides to carry the beautiful chick, and she agrees. So, 3 of them cross the river. The pretty girl bids farewell to them after that, and the master and the little monk continue their journey.

Little monk keeps thinking and thinking..."master taught us not to touch girls, but why does he carry the beautiful girl? will he do that if she is an old nanny?" ...little monk has thousands of ???? in his mind and finally , he asks his master, "master master, why did you carry the hot chick?"

Master," I didn't carry her, but you are the one who 'carry' her until now."

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Well, it's easy to say than done of course, people always say, "let it be", "let it go"....But how many of them could actually do that?

We're just too afraid of changes perhaps. We used to carry a piles of rocks on our backs, and one day, if we put down the rocks, though we've no burdens, but we're just so so not used to it, and we carry the rocks with us again.

I like this saying a lot, "Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly."

May we all learn to be burden-less.