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STAND UP FOR YOURSELF
For a long period in my life, I experienced acute fear when conversing with other people. I thought of myself as unworthy and flawed. I felt sure others would see, or had already seen, how shallow and limited I was. My discomfort would result in physical tension. My neck and shoulders would become taut and painful. As soon as possible, I would escape from encounters with people, feeling defeated and depressed.
I had not yet discerned who I really was as God's child, although I knew it intellectually. As a matter of fact, though I had been a student of Christian Science all my life, I had always felt powerful resistance even to stating that I could be God's idea. I never felt this could be true. But as I grew spiritually and saw through the beliefs mesmerizing me, my connection to God became clearer to me. Gradually and joyfully I saw the prison of my own limiting beliefs; that is, I saw finally that they were self-imposed limitations. I saw that beliefs are assumptions and convictions, insistent and aggressive, but they are not facts.

October 11, 1999 issue
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To Our Readers
William E. Moody
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Theodore S. Arrington, Belle F. Foote
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items of interest
with contributions from John Dilulio, Brenda Dixon Gottschild
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Unlimited potential is yours now
Richard Bergenheim
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STAND UP FOR YOURSELF
Alma E. Robbins
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SELF-CONSCIOUS?
Clare G. Turner
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Safe in the city alone at night? Yes!
By Annie C. Pepperell
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Advocacy impelled by the Golden Rule
By Donley Hotchkiss Johnson
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Valuing today
By Marguerite E. Buttner
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Unburden yourself
By David W. Barton
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How a magnet taught a lesson in honesty
Lorraine J. Armentrout
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MEGAN AND THE HAMSTER
Linda S. Vara
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High blood pressure healed through prayer
Betty Elaine Rose
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Spiritual understanding removes growth on arm
Frank B. Webber
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Freedom of movement restored
Judith Durning
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Pain conquered; academic ability improved
Rita Hayes Hornbeak
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The selling of disease
Lynn Gray Jackson
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A TELEVISION AD CAN'T MAKE ME SICK
Beverly Goldsmith
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When is enough enough?
Russ Gerber