Article June 18, 1955 Issue

ACTIVITY AND BUSYNESS

LA VERNE TAYLOR

Mary Baker Eddy tells us in "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 230), "Rushing around smartly is no proof of accomplishing much." And in the same article she writes, "Success in life depends upon persistent effort, upon the improvement of moments more than upon any other one thing."

At one time, a Christian Scientist seemed to have so many demanding duties that she could not perform all of them. There did not seem to be time for ample study of the Lesson-Sermon as outlined in the Christian Science Quarterly, time for daily meditation, or metaphysical work, or time for reading the Christian Science periodicals. The more she worked, the more work seemed to pile up, leaving less and less time available for study.

In thinking about this problem, she came to the realization that while she had been exceedingly busy, she had not been truly active. She had become busy to the point of confusion, too busy for spiritual activity. Immediately she began to think of herself as being active instead of merely busy, and to know that the activity of the Christ is unlimited and never tiring, and that she, as God's idea, must reflect this untiring, unlimited activity. She reasoned that if God did the directing, and she was willing to listen and to follow, there was bound to be time for right activity, and unnecessary busyness would be eliminated.

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