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One day, as I went to see a friend, I found him with a group of other friends under the shade of a tree. They were discussing with great passion a radio program that they had just heard, and that was about “planning our life.

To listen to Eckhart Tolle is to be reminded that anything is possible—for anyone. I’m not talking about living a life of leisure, filled with expensive cars, beach homes, and extravagant vacations, but an experience brimming with the kind of spiritual insights that not only make this life worth living but decidedly more fulfilling.

During my first week as librarian in the Christian Science Reading Room in Melbourne, Australia, everything electrical went wrong. I had to replace the cassette/CD player, the answering machine, and an exhaust fan.

On October 3, 2010, I found myself in a jail in Los Angeles, California, asking myself how I got there. Everything was so confusing.

As a child I had a deep love for Christian Science. My mother was a wonderful example of a loving and dedicated Christian Scientist, and we were very close.

One time, when I had spent many hours polishing a tile floor of considerable area, going over it several times, I awakened in the night with a very painful back. Immediately, I saw that under God’s government there was no law that could produce discomfort as a result of a good motive and right action.

Do you ever find yourself dwelling on the past? You begin to think about big and little incidents that may cause regret, grief, sadness, or self-condemnation.   Recently I was on a trip, where I had time just to sit and think.

Every once in a while, a church worker will relay to me fears that serving as a Reader, a board member, or in some other visible capacity in church puts them in a dangerous position. They believe they become targets of malice toward Christian Science and can suffer from it.

Sometimes it may seem   that we are forced (or led) into situations that may cause us to feel out of our element or comfort zone. This can often be good, as we have an opportunity to embrace new things and are challenged to grow.

Is it possible for developing nations to obtain peace and prosperity, and to create a solid basis for long-lasting democracy and steady growth? Since the 1990s, efforts to establish democracy in Africa have been characterized by political unrest, but ongoing efforts have brought progress, including increased freedom of expression and better conditions for women. But there is still a long way to go to overcome major challenges resulting from the lack of transparency of some governments in the management of their affairs.