Article May 24, 1913 Issue

"WHILE YOU WAIT"

MARTHA SUTTON-THOMPSON.

Some shop signs give assurance that work may be done for customers while they wait. It may be observed that one man sits impatiently by while the repair is proceeding; another, of more methodical habits, finds contentment in reading or profitable thinking while he waits.

As a result of the imperfections of mortal existence, the human mind, impelled by spiritual perception, is ever looking expectantly forward toward future betterment. Hope and endeavor anticipate enhanced joys, but to those who know nothing of the scientific thinking and practise of good, anticipation is often clouded with much uncertainty. The practical Christian Science worker, however, sees a scientific certainty; the way grows brighter "unto the perfect day." Nevertheless, he does not spoil the present and rob himself of the future by looking and longing for that future so intensely as to fill the present with discontent. This not only prevents the recognition and enjoyment of today's good things, but it unfits one to demonstrate better conditions for tomorrow or to enjoy them should they come to him.

How often it occurs that a boy becomes discontented, in his longing for manhood with its broader liberties and activities, expecting unlimited happiness therein; but after that plane has been reached and tested, he looks back with equal longing for the innocence, trustfulness, love, freedom from care, and opportunities for the manifold joys of boyhood. He would have found greater happiness as a boy had he lived in the things of a boy life while waiting for manhood, and been a better equipped and satisfied man, more capable of enjoying the mature things of life, with a normal contented boyhood in the background.

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