What peace, happiness, and health would be ours if we learned to dwell consistently in the eternal now! Instead of this, how often we waste precious moments in stewing about what might have been, in mentally rehashing past shortcomings and hurts, or worrying about the possibility of future trouble, thus ignoring the infinite potential of the present moment! Then at other times the past seems so wonderful or the future looks so promising that the poor neglected present seems drab indeed.
So educated is human thought to believe in the power of material medicine that some individuals when introduced to Christian Science find it difficult to give up fully their reliance on material remedies and depend radically upon divine Mind for healing.
Emotional problems can make a person disconsolate if he doesn't maintain a reasonable perspective about his experiences and his relationships with others.
One of the main challenges of today is presented to mankind in the claim of moral paralysis, that is, the inability to act intelligently in accord with one's highest sense of right.
Today can be a happy, productive day if we begin it right—if we first establish in thought a clear sense of unity with God through a quiet period of study and prayer.
Among many of the very loving instructions contained in the Sermon on the Mount, there are other demands that indicate the exact nature of God's law and give us a sense of the Science of being.