Christian Science teaches us that it is wise never to shirk the responsibility that is ours, or to take on work which belongs to another. Mary Baker Eddy writes in her Message to The Mother Church for 1900 (p. 8): "Usefulness is doing rightly by yourself and others. We lose a percentage due to our activity when doing the work that belongs to another."
When one views man as God's idea or reflection, he sees that all of God's ideas are efficient, intelligent, strong, loyal, and steadfast, and then he is able to let go of a false sense of responsibility. Giving more time to prayer and spiritualization of thought, we find in our human affairs the right helpers and see the work evenly distributed among them.
A student of Christian Science became overburdened when three men in an office all asked her to do stenographic work for them. When no one noticed that she was doing more than her share, she went to a Christian Science practitioner for help. She told the practitioner that she had been thinking about her work not only before she went to the office, but also while she was there, and again when at home. And she was resentful.
