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Is there a way to learn to love consistently, in spite of others’ failings?
It might seem fun to have two people who like you, but for this author, it meant feeling stuck in the middle and afraid that someone was going to get hurt. A simple idea from Christian Science Sunday School helped her find her footing.
It was hard to let go of the hurt and anger this author felt after another girl stole her best friend. But as she studied Christian Science, she realized that not only could she be healed of these feelings, but she wanted to be.

Just love

How can I help?
Love.
How can I grow? ...

What God does

God doesn’t answer prayers of one
   and then not of another.
For everyone’s a child of God,
   who is our Father-Mother.
This Father won’t send evil so that good
   may someday come,
For God is …

Not beleaguered but blessed

We get a full dose every day 
of political enragements 
of a constant barrage of …

Need more time?

The lesson I learned was that what I needed the most wasn’t time, but inspiration—which I received quickly through prayer. 

An acrostic treatment

Spirit 
Undoes 
Godless 
Generalizations …

Learning to walk together

Although this situation might have been labeled a “personality conflict,” it was clear to me in that moment that there was no such thing as an “individuality conflict,” since our spiritual individuality—which is divine Love-given to everyone, including my coworker and me—is never less than Love’s reflection.

Prayer that moves

Elijah sat still
   under a tree 
and prayed for the end. 
I’ve been under that
   tree of despair 
when all my …

Our secure home

Prayer brings to light home as a God-given dwelling place that is present wherever we go.

Protected from wildfire

A sense of peace and comfort came over me as I realized that God’s work is done. This indicated to me how unlikely it was that after creating all these “wondrous works,” God would later create forces that could destroy His “very good” creation.