Came back from Hospital not long ago.
Grandma should be fine after extracting the clot blood in her intestine.
It was due to her fall some time back.

As for another Grandma, it's a little bad
I'm really upset
because I couldn't accept the fact that she wouldn't live long.
it's really hurtful
I'm really sad about this
How I wish she's the strong Grandma that I know years back
Sigh
I know that human will age and will eventually leave one day but . . .

I need some time
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What's even worst? I saw my Grand aunt in another room in hospital
Sigh
What has the world become into?

. . .


Anyway, I have a short story to share;

" There is a kind of monkey trap used in Asia. A coconut is hollowed out and attached by a rope to a tree or stake in the ground. At the bottom of the coconut a small slit is made and some sweet food is placed inside. The hole on the bottom of the coconut is just big enough for the monkey to slide in his open hand, but does not allow for a closed fist to pass out. The monkey smells the sweets, reaches in with his hand to grasp the food and is then unable to withdraw it.

The clenched fist won't pass through the opening. When the hunters come, the monkey becomes frantic but cannot get away. There is no one keeping that monkey captive, except the force if its own attachment. All that it has got to do is to open the hand. But so strong is the force of greed in the mind that it is a rare monkey which can let go.

It is the desires and clinging in our minds which keep us trapped. All we need to do is to open our hands, let go of our selves, our attachment, and be free."

Indeed, people who can't set themselves free, who can't let go of the baggage, would eventually make themselves suffer.

Open yourself up, set yourself free

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