Article April 27, 1981 Issue

The choice that makes the difference

MARION SHENNUM

In his poem "The Road Not Taken" Robert Frost recounts how, after looking down two diverging roads, he decided to take "the one less traveled by,/And that has made all the difference."

Perhaps you have also looked at two "roads," two choices, and were undecided about which one to take. You may have tabulated the pros and cons, asked the advice of relatives and friends, and still have felt bogged down in a quagmire of confusion.

Is there a better way? Of course. It is to know that we all can turn to Mind for direction. When we lay down human will and outlining and fully rely on the all-knowing Mind, we find our way. As our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes, "Spirit, God, gathers unformed thoughts into their proper channels, and unfolds these thoughts, even as He opensthe petals of a holy purpose in order that the purpose may appear." ^{Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 506.}