I've been asked, "Why do you write for the Christian Science periodicals?" Well, I suppose there have been times when I really did think that I was trying to do the writing on my own. And many of those efforts ended in rejections and the expenditure of much time that didn't result in publication. Because in thinking that it was I doing the writing, I probably drew on what I thought I personally knew about something. And that type of writing often tends to float off like a leaf in a strong wind. It gets away from you! And it doesn't really lead to a very worthwhile conclusion.
In contrast, when I've tried to listen for ideas for articles or have reached deeply into feelings and lessons I have learned from certain experiences or challenges in which I had earnestly prayed for guidance or solution, then I have found it wasn't so much that I had written something for the periodicals but that I had only recorded something that had unfolded to me. Much less personal ego is involved in this second approach to the writing of articles.
When you write something from the depth of experience, you find thoughts and inspiration and unfoldment that come from an intelligent source beyond your own. This source, of course, is God, divine Mind. And man is Mind's infinite reflection—hence intelligent and inspired. When you record thoughts as Mind's inspired expression, from heartfelt spiritual experience, your efforts will more likely help others and be understandable and inspiring to them.
