“A crooked tree lives its own life, but a straight tree is turned into wood.” - Chinese Proverb The idea behind this proverb comes most clearly from the writi

“A crooked tree lives its own life, but a straight tree is turned into wood.” - Chinese Proverb The idea behind this proverb comes most clearly from the writings of Zhuangzi, one of the central thinkers of Daoism in the 4th century BCE. In the Zhuangzi, a famous story tells of a large, twisted tr…