In one of the reading books used in my childhood was a story which stands out in the chambers of my memory above many others, because of the impressions left by it, and the application made in the story to daily living.
It was about a child going from a certain place to her home on a hot day by a dusty and sandy road, but which was bordered by woods in which were paths that seemed to the child to lead in the same direction as the one on which she was going. She thought how nice it would be to take one of those paths and thus avoid the heat of the scorching sun and burning sand, and although told not to leave the straight road, she finally yielded to the desire and entered one of them. It seemed very cool and refreshing and for a time continued in the same direction, and she thought she would by-and-by return to the other road. But after a time the paths began to multiply and she hardly knew which one to take. After wandering around for some time she made up her mind to go back, and started, thinking she took the same path again, but soon found that she had lost her way. After a long time of weeping and searching, and when nearly dark she was found by her friends and taken home in safety.
Many times has it come to me that our life journey is similar in many points to this story; and especially since gaining a little understanding of Christian Science the application has come still more forcibly.
