"Just one of those things"

The garage mechanic and I both stared at the little auto part that had just fallen to the concrete floor of his shop and broken, cleanly, in two! What had begun as a simple job of putting a new gasket over the part to prevent leakage now became a minor disaster.

It was Saturday afternoon and all sources for obtaining or replacing such parts were closed. "Not a chance to get a new part until Monday," said the mechanic. "I'm afraid it's just one of those things!"

But I needed that car during the weekend, and I turned aside somewhat to hide my disturbance and annoyance over this development. I was just about to come up with some choice expressions that, no doubt, would have become an impromptu thesis on carelessness, when I checked myself and recalled—right then—that Christian Science, upon which I always relied, could provide the solution to this situation. So, instead of indulging in an impulsive tirade, I said, "Let's not allow any of 'those things' to control what's going on here!"

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