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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.

Hearken is not a word you come across in daily speech or conversation. It sounds old-fashioned.

I was driving to the beach to go surfing, when I saw a myna bird lying in the middle of the road. After pulling over, I picked up the bird and found it was still alive but not moving.

One day at work in one of the retail stores I owned in New York City, I felt uneasy, as if I might pass out. Because of the aggressiveness of the symptoms, I walked outside and prayed to God, seeking strength in the conviction of His omnipotence.

Some time ago, the company where I worked was suddenly acquired by a rival. When new employees appeared, previously part of the competition, it felt like an invasion—as if we were being dominated.