When I wanted to stand up to the principal
Originally appeared online in the teen series Trending - September 3, 2024.
I was fired up. During my junior year of high school, the principal had started enforcing rules that seemed unfair to many students. I was pretty comfortable speaking my mind, including when I disagreed with a teacher or someone else in authority. So I was ready to tell him what I thought.
In the past, though, I hadn’t always shared my thoughts in the most sensitive manner. Also, during this time, I was becoming more dedicated to my study and practice of Christian Science. While I felt it was right to stand up for what I believed, I knew there was probably a better, nonconfrontational, way to do it. And I was confident I could find this better way by praying.
One of the books I turned to a lot was Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by the Discoverer of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy. In it, I found this helpful passage: “Love inspires, illumines, designates, and leads the way. Right motives give pinions to thought, and strength and freedom to speech and action” (p. 454).
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