Article July 6, 1998 Issue

Where do we find solutions to life's problems?

God—the first resort

By Margaret G. Griffin

A Truck Was Blocking my view. I'd been driving along a narrow, winding country road, on my way to pick up my son from day camp. My drive was green and restful—truly harmonious—until I caught up with the truck in front of me. Suddenly my view was gone, and along with it my serene state of thought.

Well, just as quickly as the problem came about, it was abruptly gone. Without even any conscious effort, I turned my thought from nature's landscape to the spiritual beauty of God's allness. With this new outlook, the real gorgeousness that surrounded me was perceptible not through material eyes, but rather through a spiritual sense of the loveliness that is God-expressed. I was no longer seeing just trees, shrubs, rolling hills, birds, sky, sun—I was seeing life, health, joy, freshness. But perhaps most significant of all, I was seeing spiritually. The resulting serenity was much deeper than the earlier one. And with it, I felt an extraordinary sense of gratitude.

This change took place in just a few moments as I was driving along. Then, as I "came to," so to speak, I saw that not only was my thought transformed, but so were the circumstances around me. The truck was much farther up the road. There was a large space between us that again allowed an unrestricted view of the scenery. I realized that as I'd been busy recognizing spiritual harmony, I unconsciously had relaxed on the gas pedal, increasing the distance between myself and the truck. This restored the view—a view and a solution that had been available to me all the time.

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