There once a huge tree with limbs so twisted and gnarled that it could not be used for lumber. Its bark emitted a pungent sap that would not dry enough to use the tree for firewood. A woodcutter spoke with a man named Chuang-Tzu about it. "This is the ugliest tree I have ever seen! It is worthless for any purpose."
Chuang Tzu agreed. "The virtue of this tree is in its worthlessness. By being unusable for any human purpose, it is free to be a tree."
What is this an analogy for?
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