Why stay alive? That may sound like a rather startling question, but it's one that thoughtful people may sometimes find themselves pondering. Another way of putting it might be, What are we here for? What is our purpose in living?
To find a life purpose can bring great inspiration and incentive. Do we all have a reason for living? And if so, what is that reason? Unselfish consideration of these questions would lead many to conclude that we're here to do good; to bring happiness to our fellow beings; to show kindness; to make the world a better place. These are sound motives for living, and they help one to feel that existence is worthwhile.
But there's an even deeper dimension to life, one that these humanitarian goals only begin to hint at. What if one could live his or her life in such a way as to bring actual healing to the world? Is such a thing possible? Mary Baker Eddy, the woman who discovered and founded Christian Science, learned that it was. In fact, she once wrote to her followers,"...may each member of this church rise above the oftrepeated inquiry, What am I? to the scientific response: I am able to impart truth, health, and happiness, and this is my rock of salvation and my reason for existing." The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 165.
