The illusion of control

You may wish for an apple or an orange, but you will get a peach.
You may wish for an apple or an orange, but you will get a peach.

Oogway: … until you let go of the illusion of control.

Shifu: Illusion?

Oogway: Yes. Look at this tree, Shifu: I cannot make it blossom when it suits me nor make it bear fruit before its time.

Shifu: But there are things we can control: I can control when the fruit will fall, I can control where to plant the seed: that is no illusion, Master!

Oogway: Ah, yes. But no matter what you do, that seed will grow to be a peach tree. You may wish for an apple or an orange, but you will get a peach.

Kung Fu Panda

Need to get things back in order.

PS. A blog post on The Concert is long overdue.

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