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True winning
Until recently, I defined "victory" as a description of human circumstance—having the bigger score in a basketball game, getting a sought-after job. Or in my case, winning a footrace.
The Small College Woman's Track Meet was one week away. I was entered in the 10,000-meter (6.2 mile) race, and I was already nervous about it. In an effort to clarify what I would be trying to do before, during, and after the race, I had been studying daily what the Bible and Mrs. Eddy's writings have to say about competition and victory. I soon found that victory was not the culmination of events nor could it be pinned to a certain moment in time. It was instead a reflection of what I valued, an ongoing state of mind. Mrs. Eddy writes: "To ascertain our progress, we must learn where our affections are placed and whom we acknowledge and obey as God....The objects we pursue and the spirit we manifest reveal our standpoint, and show what we are winning." Science and Health, p. 239;

June 23, 1980 issue
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The power of prayer in competitive athletics
DONALD R. RIPPBERGER
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Swimming lessons
ROSALIE E. DUNBAR
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Pulling together
MAXINE LE PELLEY
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The best athlete
DAVID LAWRENCE HAASE
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Instant replay— through the lens of Spirit
JOHN LEWIS SELOVER
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You don't need drugs
PAUL O'BRIEN
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Credo
JOHN CUNO
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The exact likeness of Love
CYNTHIA ALYCE NEELY
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Infinite capabilities
GEOFFREY J. BARRATT
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Christliness—not hypnotism—gains victory
BEULAH M. ROEGGE
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True winning
Barbara Ann Bradley
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"I was convinced that bodily conditions are not life-determining factors"
RUANNE Y. GENTRY with contributions from WILLARD O. GENTRY
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Unsportsmanlike attitude yields to unity and brotherhood...
TONY VICTOR with contributions from KEITH W. PRESTON
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Recurring skin complaint healed
ROWLAND D. GEORGE
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"I asked my mother, 'Why did God make poison oak?'"
LIANNE CELESTE AMES