In a faraway place, villagers capture monkeys using a banana and coconut trap.
A small hole is made in a coconut, just big enough to fit a monkey hand, and a banana is placed within.
A monkey then comes along, puts his hand inside the coconut, and grab the banana. The monkey tried to pull out his hand but it is far too big to fit through the hole, it is now trapped inside the hole but the monkey still refuses to surrender his banana.
His captor then approaches and capture the monkey.
Why didn’t the monkey just let go of the banana?
The monkey is a victim of habit. By refusing to change and sticking to an act that has served him well in the past (eating a banana), he allows himself to get captured.
The monkey was trapped by his refusal to admit that something that has previously been good for him has now become dangerous.
Don’t get trapped by unhelpful thoughts or actions. Just let go of the banana!
Gambling is the banana!
Don’t be the monkey!