Letting Go Part 2
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:44 pm (Home)
Just read this story in “Way of the Peaceful Warrior”…
Two monks, one old, one very young, walked along a muddy path in a rain forest, on their way back to a monastery. They came upon a lovely woman who stood helplessly at the edge of a muddy, fast-flowing stream.
Seeing her predicament, the older monk swept her up in his strong arms and carried her across. She smiled at him, her arms around his neck, until he put her gently down on the other side. Thanking him, she bowed, and the monks continued on their way in silence.
As they neared the monastery gates, the young monk could no longer contain himself. “How could you carry a beautiful woman in your arms? Such behaviour does not seem proper for a priest.”
The old monk looked at his companion and replied, “I left her back there. Are you still carrying her?”
As we near the start of a brand new year, it may be worth asking ourselves what and who we are still carrying within us that is getting in the way of our moving forward. What is it that we need to deal with for one last time? What will it take to let it go?
Stay here. Live here. Be here. Now.