There was once a young meditation student who learned and practiced to let go. But that was not that easy, he tried very hard. He studied under a well-known meditation teacher. One day in spring his teacher gave him two pails to carry water in, for watering the plants. He did not notice that one of the pails was leaking. However, he could feel it as he carried water. Along the way back to the temple, he was thinking about the reasons why his teacher might have given him a leaking pail. When he arrived and finished watering the plants, he asked his teacher about this. The teacher said, “The good pail is for carrying water and the leaking one is for letting go”. He did not understand, so his teacher added, “Things that are good or positive, they must be carried with you. Things that are bad or negative, let them go”. The student seemed to understand after he had listened to his teacher.

Does it sound understandable? Some may understand and some may not. But don’t worry! Letting go is not that easy as I said. Take time to learn to let go and practise it as you can! The way to do it is to learn to know and to practice it in order to make it happen. Through the practice of mindfulness meditation, you will learn how to find happiness in the present moment, which is where reality is. The past is already gone, and the future will always remain in the future.