The barber in this photo offers a two dollar discount on haircuts to boys, if they will read to him while they’re getting their hair cut. To him, improving the literacy of children is worth abandoning a bit of money.

Almost any of us can find some way to improve life… to improve the world and it’s future. And the truth is that most people would both enjoy doing it, and remain proud of it for the rest of their life. The primary obstacle is that people are overcome with the seas of negativity that flow through this world and never recognize their opportunities.

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So now, before going back to the mundane, turn away from the world’s demands, and focus rather on what’s inside of you. The great psychologist Carl Jung used to say that people had no belief that anything good could grow out of their own souls. But that’s precisely where good things root and grow. Please take a minute to believe this is true for you.