I am grateful for a healing I had some years ago as a result of purifying my thinking. It was summertime, and I had just flown to a large city to attend a weeklong professional conference. I was engaged to be married, but my spouse-to-be had not joined me on the trip. I had a number of friends and acquaintances who lived in the city I was visiting, so I made arrangements to meet up with some of them while I was in town.

One of these friends, who is also a Christian Scientist, is someone I have known for many years and have always found attractive. I was eager to hear their experiences with church and to share life updates.

As I left my hotel and headed to the subway station to meet my friend for dinner, I started experiencing discomfort in one of my legs. It came out of the blue, and I soon found myself limping. I began to pray as I hobbled along.