Sappho’s line, “Polish one idea until it reflects possibility,” begins with a deceptively simple discipline: choosing one idea and staying with it. Rather than scattering our energy across dozens of half-formed notions, she implies that depth creates value. Just as a jeweler selects a single rough stone to cut and refine, our attention must narrow before it can illuminate. This shift from breadth to depth is what transforms vague inspiration into something that can genuinely change a life, a project, or a community. [...]
