5. The Maori Canoe of Many Hands (Aotearoa — Māori)

A Māori canoe is built together. No story belongs to one person alone. Each hand carries part of the wood, Each voice sings part of the launch.

So too with the story you live.

Some of it is family. Some education. Some fear. Some silence. Some belonging. Some exile.

The Fool Method is the moment you pause and say:

“Whose hand carved this part of my canoe? Do I still want it?”

You do not sink when you ask that question. You begin to steer.