After three years in and out of a mental hospital searching for the meaning of life and peace of mind, I was still in the dark. Although I had been a member of a Protestant church since childhood, the Bible was a closed book to me.
At this particular time, although I was a patient in a hospital, I had the freedom to go about the city by myself or with friends. I had read several copies of the Christian Science Sentinel that I found in the patients' library, so when Christian Science services were held on Sundays in a study hall, I attended for several months. I noticed the joy and felt the love the Scientists gave to everyone.
One day I read a notice of a free Christian Science lecture in the newspaper. I was having dinner with a friend that Sunday, and when she asked me what I would like to do in the afternoon, I suggested that we attend the lecture. We took the last available seats in the rear of the theater. As the lecturer spoke, I was gathered up into the wonderful message of the lecture. I was so starved for the truth that as I drank in the concept of God as All, Life, Truth, and Love, a light burst upon me, and the cloud of doubt and self-condemnation that had darkened my thinking dissolved forever. I thanked God that I could understand.
