Before I came into Christian Science my health was precarious, and I was a prey to discouragement. I had been under the care of doctors, one of whom told me that I was not responsive to medicine. My suffering came from heart, intestinal, and glandular troubles. I was of a nervous temperament and had no patience, either with myself or with others.
In our business my husband made a bad deal, which I felt could have been avoided if he had heeded my advice. I was beside myself and exclaimed that if there was a God, He certainly would see to it that things were more just.
In the midst of all this outburst a customer whom I knew only by sight realized that I was upset and said, "Everything can be straightened out." These words caught my attention. He advised me to read a copy of The Herald of Christian Science (French Edition), which he lent me. I had read but a few lines of the first page when a great warmth flowed through me. With shame I hid my face in my hands. I could feel the main cause of my troubles leave me; it was egotism. The heart condition was instantaneously healed.
