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“I just want things to get back to normal!”  I’ve heard that a lot lately in relation to returning to the freedoms of our pre-pandemic life, recovering good health, going back to a time when a relationship was happier or when one felt more energized and able to cope. Whatever the reason, it points to a desire for something better than what we think we currently possess.

Before our grandchildren could talk, our daughter taught them to deal with their minor toddler falls with a simple “Brush it off!” She illustrated this by brushing her hands together, an action the children quickly picked up and often used as a means of showing that they understood when something was a nonissue. Brushing those hands together has become, for me, symbolic of brushing off the “dust man,” the mortal man described in the second chapter of Genesis.

A deep yearning for good is easily seen across the world. It is expressed in wanting things such as continual, purposeful work; happy relationships; a home; adequate income; and health.

Autumn, when crops are harvested, is traditionally a time of thanksgiving in many cultures. For instance, Sukkot, commemorating the years that the Jews spent in the desert on their way to their Promised Land, celebrates the way in which God protected them in difficult conditions.

If you have ever felt the ground drop out from under your feet—your whole life turned upside down—there is a world of joy waiting to bless you more deeply and lastingly than you can imagine. Right where it might feel as if despair is holding you hostage, a new life of regeneration and unlimited impetus is ready to transform your experience with divine light and Love.

“Listen to your body. ” It’s a common refrain.

Do you know the phrase “Life is nothing but a series of habits”? One time, my husband and I had rented a car for a week in a country where people drive on the left side of the road. The turn signal was not on the left side of the steering wheel where we were accustomed to it being, but on the right.

Before I learned of Christian Science, I lived in fear of material laws that dictated how my body functioned (or didn’t), how I felt physically, and what I could accomplish on a particular day. I had no doubt my body was at the mercy of contagion, heredity, accident, or whatever was being commercially advertised as the latest disease to be concerned about.

How can we discern what is really real, and what is “world belief”? How can we gain a stronger feeling of conviction on the side of God, Truth?

Most of us spend a lot of our time waiting for something to happen. We may be waiting for a cab, a bus, a train, waiting for an appointment to take place, waiting for the food to cook, waiting for an expected message—the list is endless.