Two monks and a lady

Once 2 monks were traveling together on pilgrimage by a route that took them across many rivers & villages. One day when they were walking on the bank of a river, they came across a beautiful young girl. She was distressed as she wanted to cross the river & didn't know how.

"We are unable to help you", said the first monk keeping his eyes downcast & kept walking. The second monk stopped and asked "do you know how to swim?". "No sir", said the lady. "Then you must lean on my back & I’ll carry you across", offered the monk. After putting the girl on the other side, the monks continued towards the temple upstream where they planned to stay overnight.

That night, unable to restrain himself, the first monk asked, "how could you carry that girl over the water on your back, we monks don’t go near females, especially young & lovely ones. It is dangerous. Why did you carry that girl?? Why did you do such a thing?" The monk simply looked at his companion, "I dropped her 10 hours ago on the other side of the river but you are still carrying her!!"

Moral - Learn to practice detachment, letting go. In life, when we have small quarrels, tiffs with various people, we don't forget. (At least we can't complain of having a bad memory :-)). But can't we be objective and look at things in a broader perspective?