My friend was looking forward to sitting in the warm winter sunshine with the other mums, watching the children take part in their school sports day. She anticipated passing the time engaged in the kind of lighthearted conversation that roams happily over many pleasant subjects. Instead, she found herself listening to the details of the latest children's disease, the current "wog" or "bug" going around, and what ailment this or that child was suffering with.
Later, in thinking back over the day's events, it occurred to this mother that she used to spend a lot of time thinking and talking about sickness. This had not resulted in better health for her or her family. Such conversations had on many occasions increased her fear of a particular complaint.
The situation changed when she started reading Science and Health and learned from it of the connection between what we think and what we experience. She now keeps her thought filled with the spiritual understanding of man's God-maintained health, or spiritual harmony, and no longer makes illness a topic or thought or conversation. As a result, she is finding that there is less fear of sickness and better health in the family.
