Once upon a time, a wedding party boarded a boat to journey downstream to the site for the ceremony. It was to be an overnight trip.
The next morning when everyone woke, they saw the same banks that they thought they had left the previous night. They turned to the boatman who humbly begged their forgiveness for having forgotten to untie the boat from the dock. Having remained tied to the dock, the boat had simply bobbed around throughout the night but made no progress.
Analogously, if we remain attached to material things, such as wealth, grudges, or envy, we will not make any spiritual progress at all.
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1. You can have a heartbreaking story from the past, without letting it rule your present.
2. A big part of letting go is simply realizing there’s nothing to hold on to in the first place.
3. The subtle pain you continue to feel can be healed through compassion for those suffering alongside you.
4. There is always, always, always something to be thankful for in the present.
