Let Go of the Nut!

Do you know how some tribes capture monkeys?

They take a hollow log, cap the ends, drill a hole in the top and take it into the jungle. As they walk into the jungle, they make a lot of noise and draw the attention of the monkeys in the area. Finally, they drop nuts into the hollow log and move away to wait and watch.

Monkeys are curious animals and before long they come down from the trees and see the nuts in the hollow log. They push their hand through the hole and grab a nut.

What happens?

The hole is just big enough for the monkey's empty hand to slide through but with the hand full of nuts it is impossible to get its hand out. These monkeys will not let go and will frantically pull and pull while still holding on to the nuts.

As the tribesman walks toward the monkey to club it to death, the monkey, refusing to let go, sits there hopelessly stuck. What would it take to escape? Let go of the nut! Crazy monkeys!

The sad thing for us it that many times we are just like those monkeys - holding on to the things we want all the while they are killing us. If only we would let go of the nut we would be free and escape the clubbings of life.