Letting go

Sometimes we hold on to things that really bug us...those little irks that stick in our craw and we just can't seem to forget about.
We waste so much time and effort worrying and being pissed off about these things.
Its senseless.
I heard a story a number of years ago about these hunters in South America.
They hunt monkeys (don't ask me why)
They set out these traps that are just big enough for a monkey to fit into.
A banana is placed inside the trap. On the side of the trap there is a slit of an opening that is big enough to allow a monkey's open hand to slide through.
The monkey sees the banana, slides his little hand inside and clenches his fist around the banana.
Then he tries to pull his fist , banana in tow, out of the slit.
Of course its not big enough for his fisted hand to get out.
The hunter then moves in to capture the terrified monkey.
All the monkey needs to do to escape the terror of what this hunter will bring, is to let go of the banana, slide his open hand out and scurry away.
Think about that the next time something is really sticking with you....is it worth the terror? Or should you just let that banana go and walk away?
(there's lots of banana's in the jungle:)