Editorial April 22, 1985 Issue

Forward to square one

CAROLYN B. SWAN

When plans fall through and hopes are crushed, it has become popular to declare with a stoic shrug, "Oh, well, back to square one!" But having to start over need not force us to play at life as though it were a chancy game. Failure and disillusionment can turn out to be great blessings if they force us to seek for something better to guide us than human will and wishful thinking.

In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy explains how this can come about. She writes: "The sharp experiences of belief in the supposititious life of matter, as well as our disappointments and ceaseless woes, turn us like tired children to the arms of divine Love. Then we begin to learn Life in divine Science."^{Science and Health, p. 322.}

Starting over is never a setback when the starting point is the divine One. Christian Science reveals that this One is the infinite Mind and only Life, God. True progress is not lost but found when we begin to look for it from the basis of the allness of God, good (without an element of evil), and His oneness (without an opposite). From this premise it follows that man, God's spiritual image, expresses intelligence that is unerring and joy that is irreversible.

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