This elderly man’s wife of many years had recently died, leaving him bereft and lonely. And so he decided to build a swimming pool and invite all the families in his neighborhood to use it. As a result, his back yard is filled with life, action and happiness.

There really is no substitute for exposure to active and independent life… the energy, innovation and spontaneous movement of intelligent life. It is healthful in a deep and beautiful way. We all need it.

What this man gave his neighbors was a small environment in which life could more easily operate and flourish. It gave him back what he needed, and everyone benefited.

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Now, before you go back to the mundane, please consider how you could create an environment for life to operate in a natural, organic, and especially in a spontaneous way. Large or small, it does not matter; what does matter is that we inject something beautiful into the world.