The story is called "Letting Go" (by Dr. Billy Graham).
Collected from the book "Stories For The Heart."
Part of my "Core Stories" collection.
In my version, it simply fits in Buddhist philosophy in which the material world
is sometimes one of the dangerous enemies of one's self-ambition.
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Letting Go (by Dr. Billy Graham)
A little child playing one day with a very valuable vase put his hand into it and could not withdraw it.
His father, too, tried his best, but all in vain. They were thinking of breaking the vase when the father said,
"Now, my son, make one more try. Open your hand and hold your fingers out straight as you see me doing, and then pull."
To their astonishment the little fellow said, "Oh no, father, I couldn't put my fingers out like that,
because if I did I would drop my penny."
Moral of the story:
Material world sometimes is what prevents one from being free.
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