Article November 16, 1974 Issue

Prayer Stretches Our Outlook

MARJORIE M. FARNSWORTH

As I look out of my office window here on the fourteenth floor of the new building we have just occupied, I face toward the west and the distant hills. In between are the many city buildings and high-rise apartments, only partly hidden by occasional green trees. I think of the hundreds and hundreds of people living and working in this area.

I ask myself, "How much am I loving these people?" Are they just a bunch of humans I don't identify with and would prefer to forget? People with lots of problems—of supply, health, mental stress, of hates and fears and frustrations? I may be tempted to say to myself, "I can't do anything about all these people. It's best not to think about them. To think about them only makes me unhappy."

Christian Science is teaching me I must be concerned about my fellowmen. In accord with Jesus' teachings in the New Testament, we strive to love our neighbor. I can't leave him outside my mental door. I must love him. But how can I love a lot of people I don't know and don't care about knowing? Even if I wanted to, I haven't time to become involved in their problems.

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