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Deciding what's possible
Have you decided that your possibilities are limited? People often do. And they experience limitation as a direct result of that decision.
A student, for example, may decide that he can't get the education he desires because his personal financial resources are limited. Following that decision, he may close himself off from exploring the avenues through which he could develop his most promising talents, and settle in for a life of frustration. But I once heard a panel of financial officers from major colleges and universities emphasize the point that choosing what institutions of learning are within your reach on the basis of cost is an invalid approach. Financing, they stressed, can be found if you are willing to persist in pursuing a vast number of possibilities. They strongly recommended that a student should first consider the kind of education that seems best to support his development, find the schools most able to provide it, apply for admission, and then—after being accepted and deciding to attend a particular institution—look for ways to finance that education. In essence, they were saying, "Decide that it's possible. Then pursue it."

October 10, 1994 issue
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The law and the Christian Scientist
Mark Swinney
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"Hitting the book"
Mary Rourke
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"Shepherd, show me ..."*
Patrick L. Flavin
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Outgrowing the past
Pauline D. Jenner
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Integrity in business
Robert L. Du Gene
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Selling, giving, and following
Joan Tomarkin Lucht
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The little dancer
As told by Marjorie Loudon Wallace
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Deciding what's possible
Barbara M. Vining
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Ousting impostor thoughts
Mary Metzner Trammell
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"There are no accidents in God's kingdom"
Kenneth Wilber Clinefelter with contributions from Jo A. Clinefelter
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In 1978 my daughter and I began to study Christian Science...
Amanda Ferro de Comite
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I first learned of Christian Science from a young man, many....
Elizabeth Swainson
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Notices
with contributions from Dale E. Kildee