Article June 2, 2008 Issue

TRACKING SPIRITUAL GAINS

BY MARK SWINNEY

Growing to know God is one of life's great joys. It's good to step back and take stock once in a while, acknowledging how you've progressed as a result of your spiritual study and prayers. "There is a special joy in knowing that one is gaining constantly in the knowledge of Truth and divine Love," wrote Mary Baker Eddy (Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896, p. 160). I love to keep a journal and record specifically how I'm thinking differently from day to day. I find some good questions to ask myself are ones like these:

• How has your thinking changed?

• How has your perspective improved?