Letting Go

This is the story about the Raccoon:

Once there was a boy who had two hunting dogs he wanted to train to catch and kill raccoons. In order for him to do this, he would have a catch a raccoon to make the dogs familiar with the scent.

One day he brought about 15 two inch nails into the wood where he found a hollowed out log. He nailed each nail in a circle around a small hole in the log, all facing inward. Then he placed a tiny round aluminum coin in the bottom of the hole.

That night, a raccoon came along the log and spotted the shiny aluminum. She walked over, put her hand in the hole and took hold of the coin. However, once the raccoon decided that she wanted to leave with and possess the shiny object, she could not get her fist out of the hole: the nails only dug into her fist as she tried and tried to pull out her hand.

The next morning, she had died.

Moral: No matter how valuable you may find something that you have in your hand, if it has you trapped and in pain, learn to let it go before it kills you.

I'd like to say Happy Birthday. I know exactly what I can give you.

Good bye.