Holding and releasing

I know I have mentioned parts of this technique/ spell to others but this is really the first time I have been able to feel it`s in it`s completed form. It came to me while dreaming of the Tides. Holding and releasing (Water) If I have one of those stories that keeps playing like a looped tape in my head and I can`t shake it or a problem I had thought I resolved keeps resurfacing this is what I do to release it with the help of Water. I go to the nearest source of flowing water and tell it why I`m there. I ask Water for it`s help. I speak to the Earth beneath me. I thank it for supporting me and ask it`s blessings. Then I walk where the Water and Earth meet looking for a stone that fits my hand and my heart. One just large enough to contain what`s troubling me. Once this stone has stepped forward for me I hold it between both my hands and thank it for accepting my burden. I hold it out before me and pour my story into it, my words like water filling the stone vessel. When I have told the stone my entire story, holding nothing back I breath into the stone three times, with my last breath I say "This is the last bit of my energy I will give to this story". I again thank the stone, then I kiss both the stone and the story goodby. Now I throw the stone containing the story into the water and thank Water for accepting and transforming my story. I thank Water for holding my story so I can release it. I thank Water for surrounding my words and carrying them to a place where they can be used by others to tell their stories as well. I close my eyes and envision the body of water before me connecting with the river Lethe, the "River of forgetfulness" that runs through the Lower World. Then I turn and walk away. I find this an effective way to release something when other techniques fail.