Growing up in Christian Science taught me to pray with and study the spiritual truths found in the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. But, as many have experienced, I had to make Christian Science my own and discover for myself the fundamental divine Truth and the demonstrability of its teachings.
During my final semester of college, I badly injured my right hand on a piece of glass. I had the wounds cleaned and stitched up, but this left me with my writing hand bandaged and immobilized, and the courses that I was taking were heavily dependent on writing. It was difficult taking notes with my left hand, and I worried that I might fall behind and fail the classes. My self-will was on overdrive: I was determined to pass. I had to pass no matter what.
The first exam in one of the courses went badly. I knew I had to bring my grade up to graduate. I went to the accounting course professor and asked him if there was anything I could do for extra credit. He told me that I could develop a new accounting standard that had to be for a future industry requirement and coordinate with the entire body of existing standards. He held out little hope that this could be achieved.
