Article May 5, 1997 Issue

A healing of sickness and exhaustion

T. T. W.

Once , in trying to keep up with the demands of an overly active daily schedule, I began to feel exhausted. The buildup of uncompleted work only increased my anxiety. I kept thinking, "If I only had a little more time, I could accomplish more fully what is being demanded of me." But would more time really take care of the underlying problem? One day I felt so sick I was compelled to cancel all activities. This was not the way I expected to find time for myself!

It appeared that my husband and I would have to cancel plans with friends who had already purchased tickets for a special event that evening. Symptoms of the flu overwhelmed me, and all I wanted to do was lie down and rest. But before I could utter the words "lie down," I recognized that in this case lying down was the same as bowing down to the aggressive suggestion that I was a sick mortal and must suffer the consequence of this false accusation.

I turned my thought wholly to the fact that God, Love, is Life, and that my life is an expression of His nature. An urgent desire to do something about the situation yielded to spiritual enlightenment.

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