My dad was a patent attorney. So it's not surprising that he often knew of a new product way before it was introduced into the market, and was champing-at-the-bit eager to talk about it as soon as it was. I remember one occasion when he purchased one of these products—a food blender—and brought it home to demonstrate its amazing capabilities to his family. It could make carrot juice out of raw carrots in no time flat, he marveled. And, despite the fact that not one of us was particularly keen on the thought of drinking carrot juice, he filled the blender with raw carrots and turned it on. The result, though intriguing, was not carrot juice but carrot mush. In his eagerness, Dad had neglected to read the instructions. Besides giving us a good laugh, this incident illustrated a significant point for all of us:
Something that is useful and valuable may require some time and effort to learn: and it's important to take the time to do so.
The most valuable thing in my life is Christian Science—the divine Science of being that was taught and demonstrated by Christ Jesus, discovered in the Bible by Mary Baker Eddy, and fully explained in Science and Health. And for any student of divine Science, it's natural to want to learn its truths and spiritual laws thoroughly—that is, Science needs to be pondered (weighed mentally, thought about deeply, and considered carefully) in order to be understood and to be practiced successfully and with consistency.
