Shiela

I am going to tell others about your article and share the good thoughts with them.

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Thank you for your beautiful and inspiring article. It helped me immediately to lift my head up and change the channel of self pity to gratitude and joy for the good present in my life.And to look forward to a day of loving others and doing my work without grumbling. But instead be grateful that I am the chosen one to do that particular work. This has helped to wipe out the monotony and my mom says that this is the first time she has seen me humming on coming back home from work!!

thanks a lot.

Thanks for this g-r-e-a-t article. I’ve been reminded throughout my life to “watch my thought”. What does this oft-repeated phrase really mean, though?

As I’m humbly learning how to sharpen (my) healing ability, I’m gaining a realization of where thought is when in “idle” (like when driving, doing routine tasks such as laundry, cooking, etc.). It requires practice, practice, practice. But I’m more consistently reflecting back on or re-directing thought to: 1) knowing/affirming a solid fact about God (i.e., “God is All”), 2) remembering what I learned recently from study (i.e., the Bible, “Science and Health”, articles on Christian Science, etc.) that I can ponder further, or 3) what thoughts have already presented themselves to my thought to-day that I need to c-h-a-l-l-e-n-g-e (i.e., reject as lies/”un”-truths about me or others and replace what God really knows as fact).

We all need “down”time to hear new ideas. But I’m appreciating more that thought on “idle” presents opportunity for spiritual growth (or being a-s-l-e-e-p and accepting negative “nothingnesses”, so to speak, into consciousness).

Keep the JOY and Newness. Thanks for sharing these good ideas!!

The question I like to ask myself during and at the end of each day is, “What have I done right?” Along with the Bible Lesson, I appreciate how The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20) and the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7) help me identify any good things that I do.

Building on those timeless ideas in the Bible, I really think that it’s also useful is to work with some articles that Mary Baker Eddy wrote in the “Miscellaneous Writings” part in the book, Prose Works. The articles are called “The New Birth” (p. 15-20), “Pond and Purpose” (p. 203-207), and “The Way” (p. 366-359). When I study them together and learn more about living a happier, more productive life, I can identify easily how old, boring habitual ways of thinking are evaporating and new, fresh views of myself and others are gaining ground!

I am on this site following up your article in this week’s “My Bible Lesson.”
Your childhood and early adulthood experience with your thoughts
on finances are quite similar to mine I finally overcame my expectations of financial shortage and experienced many years of more than adequate resources along with a long period of progressive employment in one company. I recently left that company due to its major change in management and values. I now find those early thoughts trying to make a comeback. Even though I have adequate resources for the present time
I find myself wondering how long I can make them last and how frugal I will have to become unless I go back to work rather than retire.Your article was so helpful and timely. My first step in releasing these recurring thoughts is to thank you for the article. It has given me the assurance that I can have the confidence and patience to trust that God’s goodness will continue to progressivly unfold in my experience no matter what the human
stage may be.

“My Bible Lesson” is awesome. I find it so helpful in my study and practical application of Christian Science in daily life.