Article March 10, 1956 Issue

ATTITUDE AND APPROACH

DALE MARLONDE MICHAEL

An aircraft pilot knows that before he can attempt a precision maneuver he must establish his plane in a proper attitude. His instruments and sense of flight tell him when anything is wrong, and he quickly adjusts the controls to correct the condition. As he approaches an airfield, he understands that a perfect landing depends upon the attitude of his craft. An airplane in correct attitude adjusts quickly to unexpected winds or turbulence. It is secure in flight because it is yielding to the fundamentals of aerodynamics.

What is our attitude as we approach each activity in our experience? Are we mentally poised to meet any sudden gusts of evil which would try to unbalance us? Do we check often to see that we are maintaining a safe altitude of uplifted thought and that no easygoing complacence has caused us to drift from our purpose? The success of our every endeavor depends largely upon the quality of our attitude and approach.

"Meet every adverse circumstance as its master," Mary Baker Eddy admonishes us on page 419 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." Mrs. Eddy proved in her own human experience the wisdom of this counsel and the possibility of fulfilling it. The story of her life is the history of a divinely inspired individual who mastered every adverse circumstance by consistently maintaining an attitude which admitted only of victory. She understood that it is false belief, powerless before the law of God, which denies mankind's ability to succeed. On page 297 of this textbook she writes, "Mortal belief says, 'You are happy!' and mortals are so; and no circumstance can alter the situation, until the belief on this subject changes." How clear it is that when we are challenged by adversity, our task is not to alter the situation, but to alter the belief!

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