Article July 13, 1981 Issue

No need for worry beads

LOUIS ABRAHAMS

In many parts of the world it is not too unusual to see individuals fingering "soothing stones" or "worry beads." They accept the notion that handling such objects helps relieve anxiety. Most of us may not use soothing stones. But how many of us have some habit we hope will aid us in coping with daily stress?

Why should we have to be so fearful? And how can we stop fear from coming to us in the first place? There is a way to deal with anxiety. Christian Science is not facile in its treatment of the fears and stresses caused by a sense of impending evil. It does not put up its sword until destructive tendencies have been expunged from human thought and action, and the victim freed from all penalty.

We may need courage to face challenges; but threatening circumstances are always the result of mistaken mortal thought, from which the individual must and can be awakened and freed.

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