Greetings friends!
I’m not quite sure what to write about for his edition so we’ll start here…
How to catch a monkey
Apparently, if you want to catch a monkey (and don’t act like you don’t want to catch a monkey) the way to do it is to take a coconut or a bottle (whichever you happen to have to hand). The important this is that the monkey can reach in but that the entry is narrow (or at least in comparison in to monkey wrists-measurements to follow). You then fill your chosen receptacle with something that monkeys like to eat. Maybe skittles or rice or monkey biscuits: something the wee blitter can get a fist full of. From there you leave the trap in-and-around an area where you know monkeys to be plentiful. Then you wait…
A monkey will, so I’m lead to believe, reach their hand inside the trap to grab what you left in there. All you need to do is to pick him/ her/ up (depending on their preferred pro-noun) and BAM! You have yourself a monkey.
The thing being, the monkey’s hand is not actually trapped. The monkey has a fist full of something it thinks is too delicious and valuable to let go of not understanding that not letting go means enslavement to you and your nefarious monkey-keeping schemes. Perhaps they will be a monkey butler for the rest its days? Perhaps made to toil harvesting tea leaves from high up places only available to little creatures that can climb? Perhaps to endlessly prepare sushi rolls?
I guess the moral of the story is attachment is not a good thing. Holding desperately onto something could mean your freedom be it emotional, mental, and physical. Consider the possessions you hold onto. Mementos, old books, shoes, clothes. Maybe grudges or how often you re-visit the past but not in a “oh that was a nice time” kind of way. Consider if this preventing you from moving forwards.
Are you holding onto something that may provide short term gratification (or at least that appears to) but at the expense of long term suffering? Maybe you are holding onto something for fear of what letting go might bring. But what it might bring could be opportunity. Opportunity for change and maybe for the better
Consider letting go of your fist full of monkey food my fellow primate. You may find an infinite supply of something better.
Here’s another story. This one is about wolves (not the one about the pigs or the one with the girl in the hood). Could be fun! Might not be. Remember that I didn’t force you to read this stuff.
Two Wolves
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life.
“A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.”
He continued, “The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too.”
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”
The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”
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I’ll leave that one with you.
Far be it from me to tell you what to do but do have great month.
Be good.
Damian
