Article September 3, 2012 Issue

The world needs you

Cindy Roemer

Do you know people who live “ordinary” lives? Just what is “ordinary”? The dictionary describes ordinary as “of common quality, rank, or ability,” as in average, everyday, normal, garden-variety, usual, standard. Nothing terribly offensive about that. But what about its other definition: “deficient in quality: poor, inferior,” as in unexceptional, unremarkable, run-of-the-mill, or uninteresting. Not so sure that’s a helpful way to think of ourselves, or anyone!

I’ve given a lot of thought and prayer to the concept of self-worth. And I keep coming back to this passage in Mary Baker Eddy’s Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896: 

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