Wpainter, thank you for sharing...and it is so true. It isn't so much that the monkey didn't
know how to free himself, more so that he didn't know he
was able to free himself. I too clenched my fist for many years. How cumbersome it was to walk around clunking here and there with that damned bottle dangling from my wrist...LOL kept me from doing fun things, couldn't get anything accomplished as it was always in the way...plus, it didn't go with my shoes
so glad I let go...
The monkey story is actually very buddhist in nature...thank you again.