Article February 22, 1982 Issue

Vital: our individual input for the world

HELEN B. CHILDS

Maybe you are feeling that your thinking isn't all that important in world affairs. Not so! Even though we may feel inadequate before problems of global proportion, our individual input is vital. Giant world problems—like crime, immorality, poverty—appear formidable indeed. But everyone's thought counts, and we can put our thoughts on the side of desiring to further the healing of world problems.

Spirituality, maintained, inevitably improves world thinking. We can reach out to the whole world with love. We will strive to be inspired enough to lift mankind. Then we'll no longer limit our attention to the confines of our own personal problems, living in the small world of our immediate circle of family and friends. We'll dedicate ourselves more specifically to blessing all.

Through her own inspiring example, Mrs. Eddy points the way. In Science and Health we find her quiet, consecrated approach to world problems. Speaking of the need for her seclusion in order to establish the operations of Christian Science, she tells us, "She therefore remains unseen at her post, seeking no self-aggrandizement but praying, watching, and working for the redemption of mankind." Science and Health, p. 464. And in the Manual of The Mother Church she requires every member to pray daily for all mankind to be governed by God's Word. See Man, Art. VIII, Sect. 4 .

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