Drop the orange

I had a coach who once told me a story to encourage me to surrender and let go. He explained a method used to trap monkeys and raccoons. What the trapper would do is set up an enclosed cage and place an orange inside the cage. the animal could fit their open paw through the bars of the cage to grab the orange, but could not pull their paw back out while holding the orange. They were not really trapped, all they had to do was "let go" and "surrender" the orange and they would be free. They had the illusion of being captured when freedom was always in their grasp...or out of their grasp. then of course, the trapper would come by and grab them and freedom would no longer be in their hands. I was told this story once and then anytime my coach would see that I was stuck or holding on to an issue from the past(which could be 2 seconds ago), he would just say "drop the orange!"
Freedom is always up to me. I always have a choice to let go. when I am holding on, I am stuck and not able to move forward. And, If I am unwilling to let go long enough, my options may soon diminish. The orange will never be as sweet as freedom. I'm committed to drop a few oranges today.