If we do one thing at a time, and if what we do is wholesome and sound, then whatever comes next will work.

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• Under these conditions, what is done next always has a natural and comfortable relation to what existed before: it has a similar structure and never violates the previously existing structure.claim0.821
  Characteristic of a structure-preserving process.
• We also feel wholesome when we are making these things. As we make them, and after making them, we feel whole in ourselves, healed, and right with the world.claim0.815
  Second assertion linking creative activity with personal healing.
• If the unfolding of wholeness is correctly followed, then every part becomes unique.hypothesis0.803
  Prediction that adherence to the proper process guarantees uniqueness.
• Do one small good thing; then do another small good thing; then do another good thing.quote0.802
  Practical, accessible summary of the incremental nature of living process, from Alexander's garden advice.
• You just take one thing at a time, and do it in the right order. That's all there is to it.quote0.796
  The architecture student's realization after Alexander guided him step by step; a succinct summary of the entire chapter's message.
• At every step in the 10,000 steps during the making of a building, I am always asking which of the things that I can do next is the one which will be the best gift to God.claim0.792
  Description of the ongoing practical application of the gift-to-God question in making.
• A skill should do its work and stop, avoiding performative complexity and multi-stage flows when single-pass suffices.claim0.792
• Even when there are only two steps to be taken, the order in which they are done may be all-important.claim0.786
  The house/garden example demonstrates that a poor sequence can violate positive space, while the reversed sequence yields wholesome results.