17. The Violin with One String (Zen)

A musician once came to a Zen master and said: “My violin only has one string. How do I play beautiful music?”

The master replied: “Play it well.”

We waste enormous energy wishing for different minds, different families, different stories, different beginnings.

The Fool Method says:

“This is the instrument you have. Let us tune it. Then — let it sing.”

Beauty is not in abundance. It is in attention.