HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS March 26, 1960 Issue

[Following is substantially the text of the program of the above title released for broadcast the week end of March 18—20 in the radio series, "How Christian Science Heals," heard internationally over more than 700 stations. This is one of the weekly programs produced by the Christian Science Committee on Publication, 107 Falmouth Street, Boston 15, Massachusetts.]

RADIO PROGRAM No. 340 - Gratitude Cancels Self-consciousness

Speaker: Gratitude to God is a vital factor in overcoming all human discord. When self-consciousness seemed to be blocking her progress in every direction, it was the power of gratitude that brought freedom to our guest. But let Miss Joan Weston, of Pasco, Washington, tell you about it herself.

Miss Weston: Up to just a few years ago I'd always been terrifically afraid of talking to people. It was pretty extreme with me; I would cross the street to avoid meeting someone I knew. Then I used to lie awake nights, trying to figure out ways of avoiding recitations in school. Most of the time I preferred to take a failing grade in these recitations and then try to make up for it in the written assignments. It was even hard for me to answer a roll call.

After I graduated from high school, I began doing clerical work for a large company. But when the telephone would ring, I'd go to great lengths to avoid answering it, because I wouldn't be able to speak. My throat would completely close, and no sound would come out. You see, I'd had a stutter ever since I was quite young, and the sense of withdrawing from people had come at first because of that. I'd try to talk, the fear would build up, and I wouldn't be able to say a word. I was always in a state of wondering how I could avoid having to speak. It finally reached a point where I was just stymied in my work. Of course, there wasn't any chance for advancement, and the whole situation seemed rather desperate.

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