Sen No Rikyu, a 16th century tea master, revealed a story of his relationship with Hideyoshi Toyotomi, a warlord. He served Toyotomi as an advisor on art and taste.
Upon hearing of an exquisite display of morning glories, in Rikyu's garden, the warlord asked to see it. To honor the request, one morning Rikyu invited him to tea.
As the warlord walked down the garden path, no flowers appeared.
When he entered the tea hut, he saw a single morning glory in the alcove display. Rikyu had ordered all the morning glories in the garden cut down to focus his lordship's attention on the single exquisite blossom.
How will you focus attention today?
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