I WAS BENDING DOWN TO GET A BOOK from the lower shelf of my desk, when the flap, which I had probably neglected to close appropriately, suddenly came down hard on my nose. Amid extreme pain, all kinds of thoughts raced through my head: My nose is going to look awful! Will there be swelling and discoloration? Have I broken my nose?
But I stopped myself quickly. I knew, through years of experience practicing Christian Science healing, that none of those predictions had to come true. I had learned that I reflect the spiritual substance of the Divine. As the reflection of God, or Spirit, I knew that my true substance had to be completely spiritual, regardless of the impressively threatening scene that had just happened.
I WAS DETERMINED that the only thoughts I would let into my consciousness would be of my spiritual substance.
