I was busy working.
All of a sudden, I heard a buzzing sound.
I looked up.
There was a huge fly in my room.
It started flying towards me, directly into my eye.
I opened the window and tried to chase it away.
It did not go towards the window.
It kept flying in a different direction.
Then it came back to me and started following me again.
It almost felt like it was intentionally doing that to mess with me.
I was getting frustrated chasing the fly with no avail.
Then I asked myself,
“Why am I annoyed by this fly?
Isn’t it because I see the fly as a negative object?”
There is nothing good or bad about the fly.
I decided to just let it be.
I sat down and continued working.
The fly came back and flew around my face again.
I did nothing.
Then the fly flew away.
Later, I discovered the fly disappeared.
Maybe it flew out of the window.
It made me think.
The fly is like a thought in my mind.
When a specific thought bothers me, I try to intentionally push it away.
It stresses me, so I want to get rid of it as soon as possible.
The more I try to remove it, the more it follows me.
I get more stressed out thinking about how to get rid of the thought.
It is a vicious cycle, a futile attempt to control something uncontrollable.
Then I just leave it as it is.
Let it be.
Just observe the thought as is.
There is no good or bad in having the thought.
It comes and goes.
It goes away and returns again, just like the fly buzzing around my face.
And just like the fly, the thought will eventually fly out the window.