Once a little boy slowly walked into his mother’s room. His mother was sitting at her desk writing. Mother took a glance at him and saw that he was carrying a vase that was given to her by grandmother. Seeing that vase in that little boy’s hand mother got worried and said, “Baby, please put that vase down before you break it by mistake.”
The boy replied, “Mom, I can’t get my hand out of it.” Mother now left her work and looked at him and said, “Of course dear, you can put it down.”
“I know Mom, but I still can’t get my hand out of this vase.”, replied the little boy.
Mother got down on her knees and looked at his hand, see-saw that the neck of the vase was very narrow and the little boy's hand neatly fit inside that vase up to his wrist. Seeing this, his mother got a little worried about him and called out for his father. The little boy’s dad came and looked at all this. Father gently held the little boy’s hand and tried to pull his arm out of that vase but still couldn’t get it out. Now he tried to loosen his hand using soap and water but still nothing. After that, he tried to loosen his hand using some oil around the wrist, but the hand still didn’t budge.
After trying everything Father said, “I give up… I would give a dollar right now to know how to get his hand out of this vase.”
The boy exclaimed, “Really.!! Dad??”
Just then, the parent heard a clinking sound and saw the kid’s hand slip right out of the vase. The parents were relieved and surprised to see that. They turned the vase upside down to check the reason for the sound and found a penny dropped out of it. The parents were confused and asked, “Son what’s this??”
The little boy innocently replied, “Oh that. It’s a penny that I put inside it but when I tried to get it out my hand got stuck. But when I heard that you would give a dollar to have my hand out of that vase, I let it go.”
Moral: In our life, there are many times when we keep clinging to things that keep us stuck. We should learn to let go so that we can move forward in life.