The get-away-from-it-all syndrome sometimes tempts us to think that the peaceful atmosphere of the mountains or the seashore—or just any change of scene—is necessary to get control over vexation or pressure. Believing this can keep us from finding serenity.
Christian Science makes it clear that one cannot run away from pressing, unsolved problems. At the same time, it shows how to stand and calmly face these problems, how to solve them in one's own thought.
We may writhe mentally under the demands implied. Facing our problems with scientific spirituality requires self-discipline, consistency, and humility. Mere optimism may say that tomorrow things will surely be better. Intelligence reflected from Mind, God, replies that only the improvement of today will bring a basically better tomorrow. But Christianly scientific reasoning elevates thought to the atmosphere of Spirit, Soul, ever present, supreme, calm, because it acknowledges all true consciousness to be the expression of God. Correct, buoyant self-discipline results in the increase of individual spiritual stature manifesting the tranquillity of the real man, God's perfect reflection.
