Article July 14, 1956 Issue

WHAT IS COMPANIONSHIP?

[Of Special Interest to Young People]

JEWEL FEWKES

TO find the right answer to any question, we must start with God. In the teachings of Christian Science we find seven synonyms for God which make very clear His all-inclusiveness. We learn that God is Love and Principle; that there-fore love is the fulfilling of the law. We learn that God is Soul, which satisfies completely.

When we turn our attention to man, we learn that he is God's image and therefore includes all good. Man thus understood could never be without God or outside of His love. Man is of necessity whole, complete.

A dictionary defines "companionship" in part as "association." Ask yourself: "What kind of ideas am I associating with? Is my thinking filled to overflowing with thoughts of joy and peace and gratitude?" These are not lonely concepts, and the individual expressing them could not possibly be lonely, for he possesses within his own consciousness the means of happiness.

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