Article January 4, 1993 Issue

"... dust that dims"

If we feel frustrated in our efforts to be better, we may need a clearer view of ourselves and others.

Donald Hale Wallingford

"Why is it," we may sometimes ask ourselves, "that I don't do better, that I make so many mistakes, that I am not always the kind of person I really want to be, that I am not as good a person as I know I should be?" Instead of our becoming preoccupied by such questions, the main need may be to gain a clearer view, through prayer, of who we really are.

If you look through a window that has collected dust and dirt with the passage of time, you get an obscured view of what is on the other side. The colors appear faded, the objects are not distinct, the scene is drab. You simply are not able to view the scene as it really is. What do you do to get the true view? Very simple, you say! All you have to do is wash the dust from the window.

People seeking a fuller life, or healing of a particular problem, will surely find it helpful to remove the "dust" from their view of themselves and whatever situation needs healing. The Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, pointed out an important quality in this work when she wrote in Miscellaneous Writings, "Meekness heightens immortal attributes only by removing the dust that dims them."

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