Years ago, my former financial advisor suggested some changes I should make to my investments. Because he was recently retired, he explained how I could make these changes myself by phone. I wasn’t comfortable doing this because I didn’t understand it, but I went ahead.

At tax time, I discovered I’d done something incorrectly, resulting in an error that would require me to pay much higher taxes. My tax preparer and my new financial advisor outlined various steps I could take, but it was hard to know which was the best approach.

I talked with a friend who is an experienced Christian Scientist. I was fearful, confused, and didn’t know what to do. One of the first things my friend said was that I should clear my mind of all the garbage. I knew this meant that I should clear my thinking of fear and confusion and replace those thoughts with spiritual facts.