How often we hear someone say, ''I am so tired." Those who work physically or mentally—and some who do not—are often prone to think, even if they do not say, "I am weary." Mary Baker Eddy, having in mind the spiritual nature of man, calls such statements "false talking." Remember this. In her writings are numerous helpful references on the falsity of fatigue and how to master it. Mortals ordinarily accept it without a protest. As Christian Scientists it is our privilege to prove man's dominion over it.
On page 217 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy writes: "You say, 'Toil fatigues me.' But what is this me? Is it muscle or mind? Which is tired and so speaks? Without mind, could the muscles be tired? Do the muscles talk, or do you talk for them?" And she adds (p. 218), "Mortal mind does the false talking, and that which affirms weariness, made that weariness." Much food for thought is in these few sentences. If as a student of Christian Science you will ponder them well you will see that the material sensation described as weariness and fatigue, finding voice in "I am tired," is negative mortal mind talking through its mouthpiece, mortal man. In effect, it is saying, "Life is in matter, in muscles and nerves, which after some activity feel that material sensation called fatigue." Fatigue, like pain, is actually a mental, not a physical, feeling. It is remedied by a change of thought from the belief that life and strength are in matter to the spiritual fact that the only real life and strength of man are in never-tiring Mind, Spirit, God. Divine Mind is perpetually fresh, vigorous, and strong. Man, as Mind's reflection, must and does express these qualities. Neither material age nor human circumstance alters this divine fact.
Furthermore, Christian Science brings to light the scientific truth that Mind alone determines the work, or activity, of all of its ideas. Mortal mind and human personalities do not. Man, the expression of the Mind that is Life, always has from God the strength and ability to do what his cause impels him to do.
