If you clinch your fist too tight maybe because of a piece of currency note that you have in it, it might prevent you from accessing more of it. If you hold on to something too much, not only does it stand a risk of depreciating in value, but it might block the way against others from coming in. In the spheres of life, it is not what you hold on to that will make you who you are, but what you give, what you sow, what you let go, and what you sacrifice. You cannot hold on to yesterday and hope to access the future - one must go for the other to come.
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I visited one of my family friends on the birthday of his daughter who turned one. When I got there, the little girl was having a few peanuts in her hands and the way she clinched on to the peanuts was very unusual, though humorous. Then someone walked in with a gift for her, and was handing over the gift to her, but because of her interest in the peanuts and the fact that both of her hands were clinched on to the peanuts, she cared less about the gift even though it was much bigger and better than what she had. After a while of standing there, it was the mom that later accepted the gift for her. This taught me a very vital lesson in life.
The little girl would have lost something bigger because she was holding on to something smaller. In life, you have to learn to know what to let go. There are sometimes that what enters your hand might just be a seed and holding on to it will make you to miss out of the harvest. If a farmer holds on to a seed without planting it, then there is no way the seed will grow from inside the jar in his store. But when he lets it to go by planting it, then the future of the seed will be released and it will bring bigger harvest. This does not only talk about material things but also intangible things.
Someone may have had a rough past, maybe in their former relationship. Holding on to the memory for so long may prevent further relationship or might even affect it. A lot of people hold on to what their ex may have done to them and the effect will begin to effect their present relationship. There are some memories that you just need to let go for the sake of both your present and the future. Your past is not as important as where you are going to - your future. It is by allowing the past to pass that you will open up the way for the future to come. Why hold on to what will prevent you from moving forward?
You may have experienced a failed attempt in the past, but one thing is that it should not define your future. Though you can get lessons from the failure, but you should learn to move on from it and then make other attempts. That you failed in the past should not hold you down from trying again, so that it will not make you to lose sight of where you are going to. You can still succeed in the future, but you have to learn to move on. Moving on means that you have separated yourself from the failures of the past and has decided to give the future a shot.
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In addition to this, you should not also allow success to hold you back from succeeding the more. Even if you have experienced some level of success in the past, you should also know that it is not your destination, there is still room to get better. A lot of people have been held back by the feeling of achievement from their past successes. The truth is that if you hold on to your past successes too much without improving on them, it might limit your advancements and the success may even lose worth with time. So you have to always keep your mind open and focus on what lies ahead - which is where you are going to.
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