In a village, there were two monks on a pilgrimage, and they come across a young girl with a long kimono trying to cross a very muddy road, but did not dare step into the mud. Listening to the woman’s fears, one of the monks decided to pick her up and carry her across the path. The monks continue to walk in silence for another few hours.
One monk says to the other who carried the girl, “Oh, you know, we are prohibited from any contact with women. You shouldn’t have picked up that girl to carry across the way. Wait until the abbot hears of this.” The other monk smiles and says, “Brother, are you still carrying that girl? I put her down hours ago.”
Many of us carry things with us far longer than is necessary. We need to let it go. Don’t you think?
That’s right, no doubt about that.
That’s so funny and so real.
Shiva
Very meaningful story. Some times it is really hard to let things go, maybe because we are so much emotionally attached to it.
Love it. ☺️xx
True and absolutely a perfect message given in this story and we do carry our emotional baggage with us at times and it is so difficult to simply let go. Beautiful and motivating post, Bernice.
Thank you Kamal! 💗🙏🌻🦋
Welcome Bernice 🌞
What a great message in this and so true. I’ve been guilty of that one myself.
Hi. It’s hard to let things go: grudges; insults directed at us; etc.
But, like you say, it’s beneficial to let them go. They’re a burden.
See ya!
Neil Scheinin
Do we want to continue holding on to emotional baggage- doubt it- after awhile it becomes too heavy. 😉
Very interesting and meaningful story. Thanks for sharing this.
Glad you liked it. 🦋
🙂 That happens to be one of my favourite stories of all time.
Indirectly, it can be a superb way of telling someone not to carry their emotional baggage with them.
Exactly. We don’t need to carry more of it. ☺️
Amazing. What a great story with an important message! I love! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I totally agree. We always have something to let go of!
Love this parable.
Couldn’t resist sharing it with you all. 🙂
A very nice story that illustrates an important point.
I love it. The judgements we hold that keep us in their shadow, never to see the light of day ❤️
Great post Bernice 😀
Thank you Mark for your share. 🦋❤️
Very true 🙂