One of my new year's plans is to read EVERY DAY my 365 Tao Daily Meditations book. Finally got around to the last few days' worth, and the entry for 21/Skills is just ... beautiful.
... He realized that his cultivation was not merely for the acquisition of skills. It was a path to the innermost part of his being.
Love that. The Zither cannot play itself, the chess board was nothing without players, a book needed a reader, brush and ink could not move on their own accord, and a sword could not be unsheathed without a hand.
Sigh.
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