Guiding troubled youth groups in the Utah desert some years ago, we had a simple rule for new students: to eat with our community, you've got to make a spoon. No other utensils were supplied and, until a new student cooperated, he or she would simply go hungry. I imagined this challenge was meant to break down resistance and force students to find a new way of doing things. But when I questioned a senior guide about the rule, he gave me a very different answer, "The way we do anything is the way we do everything." As I observed the students, I began to see what he meant: Some would eat with just a stick, thinking they were beating the system. Others made huge ladles to ensure they got more from the pot. And some spoons were so ornate that they were even too fragile to eat with. But in each case, the craft always reflected the craftsman.
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