Editorial February 7, 1901 Issue

The Bright Side of Life

Editor

It has been said that no person ever sinks beneath the burden of to-day; it is only when tomorrow's burden is added to that of to-day that it becomes heavier than one can bear. Mortals are naturally pessimistic, ever looking on the dark side of things and fearing the worst. They are continually saying in the language of Job, "The thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me." They are inclined to think and talk of the discords, the unpleasant things of life, rather than its joys and beauties. That they see what they believe and look for is as certainly true as that they believe what they see.

The bad effect of this practice is twofold. It has a tendency to bring about the very thing that is feared, and it likewise robs one of the blessings at hand. Mortal man need not be told that such a course is to be avoided. His own better judgment tells him that he should think and talk about the good things he is permitted to enjoy to-day, and entertain no fears for the future. "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof," and he knows that it is folly for him to view with fear and apprehension the evil that may never come upon him. Mortal man knows all this, but how to avoid doing the very thing that increases the discords and disappointments of life, is an unsolved problem. When he is told that he must not fear, it seems almost impossible for him not to do so, for there are so many things which he feels he has good reason to fear. They have harmed him in the past and why should not harm him in the future? Thus he believes himself unable to look on the bright side of life, even though he greatly desires to do so. When he attempts to rise above the discords and discouragements of mortal existence, he feels his own weakness and the need of something outside himself.

That this need is supplied in Christian Science is a fact which is being demonstrated by thousands and can be demonstrated by any earnest seeker for Truth. The understanding of Christian Science enables one to look on the bright side of things as never before; thus it greatly increases the harmony of the present and takes away the fear of the future. Peace and happiness are divinely natural, and they flood the human heart, when erroneous belief is destroyed, as naturally as light pours in through the open window.

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