New Thought Philly Sunday Inspiration
Oct 25, 2026 · 18 min · 8 segments
There are two sayings that mean the same thing, but from different directions. Rev. Bill Marchiony explores the contrast between, ...
Bill MarchionyHost
So I wanted to start with a story, because there's the story of a guy who's walking along the edge of a canyon, and he slips over the edge of the cliff, and he falls down, and he manages to grab this scrawny little tree that's growing out of the side of the cliff.
And he's dangling there, hundreds of feet above the rocky bottom, and can't see any way that he can get himself out.
And finally he yells, there's anybody up there? Can anybody help me? And this loud booming voice says, let go.
And the guy says, is there anybody else up there? And that's a story that I've told before.
And it illustrates the fact that when we get that guidance to let go, to open to a different possibility, our judgment is still going to kick back in.
Another one of the stories that Claude gave me is good news, bad news, who can tell? It gave me the old vaudeville line, Hey, Doc, it hurts when I do this.
There's the story of the two monks who come to a river, and there's the woman who needs to cross the river.
And they have a vow not to touch women, but one of the monks picks up the woman, puts her on her back, and goes across the river, puts her down, and they continue walking.
Why are you still carrying her? These are all wonderful stories and delightfully insightful and ways of getting to the metaphor of letting go.
You know, there's the story of the family recipe for making the holiday ham is to cut the end off of the ham and then bake it in the oven for a certain amount of time.
So I wanted to start with a story, because there's the story of a guy who's walking along the edge of a canyon, and he slips over the edge of the cliff, and he falls down, and he manages to grab this scrawny little tree that's growing out of the side of the cliff.
And he's dangling there, hundreds of feet above the rocky bottom, and can't see any way that he can get himself out.
And finally he yells, there's anybody up there? Can anybody help me? And this loud booming voice says, let go.
And the guy says, is there anybody else up there? And that's a story that I've told before.
And it illustrates the fact that when we get that guidance to let go, to open to a different possibility, our judgment is still going to kick back in.
Another one of the stories that Claude gave me is good news, bad news, who can tell? It gave me the old vaudeville line, Hey, Doc, it hurts when I do this.
There's the story of the two monks who come to a river, and there's the woman who needs to cross the river.
And they have a vow not to touch women, but one of the monks picks up the woman, puts her on her back, and goes across the river, puts her down, and they continue walking.
Why are you still carrying her? These are all wonderful stories and delightfully insightful and ways of getting to the metaphor of letting go.
You know, there's the story of the family recipe for making the holiday ham is to cut the end off of the ham and then bake it in the oven for a certain amount of time.
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