领悟放弃法则

在南美洲有一种奇特的动物--蜘蛛猴，要捕捉它们非常容易，你只要在一个玻璃瓶里放一颗花生，然后放在那里。蜘蛛猴刚好可以把手伸进瓶子去拿那粒花生，一旦它们握住花生，手就抽不出来。但它们就是不肯放手，所以……

自己想获得什么, 那么在得到它之前必须知道先要舍弃什么。
One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.
-- Sidney Howard

[CD note]: Very often, what you have to give up is something you enjoy, something you wanted badly, or even something in your belief. The give-up might even hurt someone you care about. But that's the cost, and it's something you have to sacrifice. Think ahead clearly and thoroughly before you're committed to anything, or you will have to make a tougher decision half way there, which could easily crush you.

Sometimes, it's a self-enlightened abandoning, just like a butterfly flying out of its cocoon, or it could be a trade with devil. Be careful.