For those who may think they have no capabilities worthy of development, there are some challenging and encouraging words in the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health.
You can't go far in most modem cities without seeing some signs of time hanging heavily on people's hands: old men sitting on park benches, stretching out the hours until it's time to go home, or queues of people waiting simply to be entertained or diverted in bingo halls or amusement arcades.
A father stood in a swimming pool in water up to his shoulders, arms outstretched, and called to his son, a toddler poised joyfully on the edge some six feet away.