The Story of the "Juicy Banana"

There was an experiment on a band of monkeys in South America... don't ask me where, I can't remember. For the experiment, wooden boxes were placed in the jungle with a single banana in it. They had bars for walls, as in a jail cell, with the slits being as far apart as a person could slip their hand through with fingers extended.

The boxes were placed where the local monkeys could easily get to it. As the day progressed, monkeys would come across the boxes, slip their hand easily through the slits, and grab the banana. And there they would remain, caught with their hand in the box, snared. The amazing thing was, if they were to just let go of the banana they would be free. But the banana was just too juicy and too delicious to let go of. They HAD to have THAT banana... it was their banana. So there they were, trapped by their juicy banana. Some of them died holding on to that one banana. Some of them grew old, wasting most of their life holding on to the banana, only to give it up in the end for their few final days of life. But some.. they were wise enough to realize, that there was more tasty and beautiful things in the world to taste and explore than just this one banana. They let go of it and were free.

What is your juicy banana? What do you hold on to thinking it is the truth but instead is only one perspective, one person, one way, one banana that is trapping you and holding you back? What could you release to give yourself freedom?

Pick one thing, feeling, perspective, fear, belief that is holding you back... just release it for a bit and see what freedom you can experience. If you want to go back to that "banana" the box is always there for you.... be brave, trust, and let go....