Winnicott wished his terminology to remain “alive and fresh and suggestive of movement,” and he affirmed “movement over structure.” Eigen uses the story of David and Jacob to illuminate his essay, describing Winnicott’s work as “a paean to the sense of creative aliveness.” Winnicott does not grant immunity from struggle, but enriches the place we struggle from. The false self has qualities of both toughness and compliance. Winnicott valued indecision, not certainty. The author emphasizes the importance of patients’ ability to achieve back-and-forth movement between deadness and aliveness, and between merger and separation.