Article January 11, 1999 Issue

for teens

You have the ability you need

By Beverly Goldsmith

At one time I was very unhappy at school. I had big problems with mathematics. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't seem to master the concepts. Finally my teacher said that I would never be any good at this subject. I believed what he said and gave up trying. Giving up didn't help. I began doing badly in other subjects as well, and this made me feel that I wasn't good at anything. In fact, I felt like I was wearing a big fat label that said "no good at math, or anything else!"

This changed when I began attending a Christian Science Sunday School and started reading the Bible and Science and Health each day. This study taught me that I didn't have to accept negative opinions about myself. There is only one opinion that I should agree with, and that is God's.

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