This appeared in London. A young woman took a small clothing rack, added a cover to protect from the elements, and placed it on the street as the weather turned cold.

This is the kind of action that any number of people could take with a minimum of time and effort… and it matters. It especially mattered that it was a sole individual, acting on her own will. By doing it, she learned and/or affirmed, in Carl Jung’s words, that something good could come out of her own soul.

In other words, she demonstrated that she was fertile as a being. And the most important person she demonstrated it to was herself.

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Before going back to the mundane, take a moment to remember and recount when good things came out of you; not at someone else’s prodding, but directly out of you. Then try to spend a few more minutes considering what else could grow in you and come out of you into the world.

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