Who
of us has not gotten caught up in petty gossip about someone else, or had the discomforting experience of learning what others are saying about us when we're not around?
The
Sunday following the earthquake in Kobe, Japan, one of the visitors to our Christian Science church service told me of her hesitation in praying because she was unsure whether her prayers would actually help or would merely serve to soothe her own conscience.
There
is hardly an area of life today where we don't find observers—watchers of politics, of the economy, of social trends, of the entertainment industry.
It's
not unusual for people to feel inspired and encouraged when they see someone—especially someone in extraordinary circumstances—achieving beyond the generally accepted limits of human capacity and, in addition, doing it with grace and joy.
