It may sometimes seem as though our lives consist of daily rounds of humdrum activities. Others may appear to enjoy experiences full of larger, more important events than ours. When we hear of their travels and accomplishments are we tempted to think that, by comparison, our days are filled only with menial or trivial tasks? We might ask ourselves if this sense of dissatisfaction is caused by a misunderstanding as to what is important and what is trivial.
In Christian Science we learn that, as Mrs. Eddy expresses it, "there is but one I, or Us, but one divine Principle, or Mind, governing all existence; man and woman unchanged forever in their individual characters, even as numbers which never blend with each other, though they are governed by one Principle." Science and Health, p. 588; Can we not rejoice, then, that, however small a part we may play in human affairs, we are actually at one with divine Mind as an individual identity, essential to the perfect whole, the "one I, or Us"?
Going about our tasks, important or trivial by the world's standards, we can be certain that all that is really going on is His work, and hence essential to His great design for man and the universe. The most important assignment for each of us is our individual expression of Mind, God, the "one I, or Us." In proportion as we are occupied in this most vital work, we are in harmony with the fulfillment of God's purpose for us.
