Through the study of Christian Science, one learns how to make calmness his own. The Christian Scientist becomes aware of this quality to the extent that he permits divine Principle to prompt his actions, and goodness, honesty, integrity, uprightness, love, to govern his thinking.
Calmness is always present, because God is always present. Calmness is a quality of God, Principle, hence of man, His expression. Man cannot be otherwise than calm; calmness is a native element of his being. Very closely associated with calmness is quietness. Of this most needed quality of thought Isaiah states, "In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength."
While walking down the street after a shower one day, the writer noted that in a pool on the sidewalk, not over a quarter of an inch deep, was reflected the full height of the tall cotton poplars lining the parkway. Thoughtful contemplation of this incident revealed that this reflection was possible only because the surface of the pool was calm. Furthermore, she realized that, to the calm thought, reflection of reality of unlimited depth is possible.
