Real beauty—real healing
Originally appeared online in the teen series Your Healings - June 17, 2023
It was summer, and I was at my favorite camp playing capture the flag.
I was having so much fun running around with my friends that I didn’t notice I had run right through a patch of thorn bushes. Later that evening, when we were back at our cabin, one of my cabinmates pointed out that my legs were covered with red scratches. The scratches were a bit inflamed, and my skin was puffy with hives, but I hadn’t even noticed because I was having so much fun. I wasn’t worried, and my first thought was just to ignore it and go to bed. I didn’t want anything to take away from the joy I was feeling.
Right then, this sentence from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy came to mind: “The recipe for beauty is to have less illusion and more Soul, to retreat from the belief of pain or pleasure in the body into the unchanging calm and glorious freedom of spiritual harmony” (pp. 247–248).
Enjoy 1 free Sentinel article or audio program each month, including content from 1898 to today.
