Why you need to let go to get what you want

“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” Hermann Hesse.

It’s a funny twist of thinking that we often value what we have more than what we could have. The shirt we stopped wearing long ago still hangs in our closet – as if one day we’ll change our mind and it will become our favourite again.

The worn out shoes that carried us to work day after day still have their place on the shoe rack. And even though most books you own will never get opened again, they’re still there – crammed into an already full bookshelf.

But, don’t worry – we’re all like this.....

There is an old story of two zen monks travelling along a road. The older of the two stops to help a woman cross a river, only to be insulted by the woman.

Hours later the other monk expressed anger about the abuse his colleague endured. “I can’t believe how rude that woman was!” said the monk, “When all you were trying to do was trying to help!”

To which the older monk replied, “I set the woman down hours ago. Why are you still carrying her?”

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