Comments on: The Monkey’s Fist: An Ancient Parable for Modern Times http://www.nscblog.com/personal-growth/the-monkeys-fist-an-ancient-parable-for-modern-times/ A Blog on Personal Leadership by the Founder of The Collier Companies Wed, 22 May 2013 17:06:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Rob Myers http://www.nscblog.com/personal-growth/the-monkeys-fist-an-ancient-parable-for-modern-times/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Rob Myers Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:42:02 +0000 http://www.nscblog.com/?p=49#comment-13 Nearly every moment our lives are being acted upon by a myriad of different interests and usually they are conflicting. Often times in the face of 3 or more seemingly contradictory orders we have a tendency to declare the situation FUBAR and settle on one of the orders only, with no real weight or significance given to the other orders, or competing interests.

I think this is what is really happening when we fail. We are forgetting to ignore or put down our desire for an easy reality, where there is only one clear objective, or path. Like the monkey, we forget that “food” is not the only desire we have, or even the most important.

I think that the ability to cultivate an internal balance between all of the forces in our life and at any given moment, be able to see which choice would work in harmony with the most is vital to our success.

p.s. The monkey should have let go and once free, tipped the coconut upside down and let the rice fall out. Maybe a few did!

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