Pictures on My Wall

Many years ago, I attended a Dharma talk on nonattachment. The monk explained the teaching by discussing the importance of having bare walls. He explained that if we decide that we want to hang a picture on the wall, that requires us to buy a frame for the picture. Then we have to get a nail and put a hole in the wall. What if we put the nail in the wrong place, and we miss the stud? Even if we…