Mabel went to meditation to learn how to let things go.
Halfway through, she recognised the folding chair beneath another woman. Mabel had lent it to her last summer.
The teacher asked everyone to release whatever they were holding on to.
Mabel put up her hand….
Mabel’s daughter bought her six meditation classes.
You’ll feel calmer, she said.
Mabel said she was perfectly calm. She simply remembered things people preferred her to forget.
The first class began with gentle music.
Mabel sat on a cushion and tried to relax her shoulders.
Across the room, her neighbour Joyce sat on a folding chair with a red cushion.
Mabel opened one eye.
She recognised a small tear in the cushion and a strip of tape around the back leg.
She had lent Joyce that chair for a garden party in June.
It was now February.
The teacher asked everyone to breathe slowly.
Mabel did.
Joyce shifted comfortably on the chair.
The teacher said that peace began when people stopped holding on to things.
Mabel opened both eyes.
Imagine releasing something you have carried for too long, the teacher said.
Mabel raised her hand.
The teacher smiled.
Have you thought of something you’d like to release?
Mabel pointed across the room.
Yes. Could Joyce release my chair first?
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