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At one time a competition was held for the best poem on how to attain success. This was the poem that won the prize: Keep on, Keep on, Keep on, Keep on, Keep on, Keep on, Keep on, Keep on, Keep on, Keep on! The quality of persistence —of continuing steadfastly in a purpose despite opposition—is a key ingredient to success in our lives.

Even before the beginning of recorded history, men and women have had a desire to document their innermost spiritual feelings—to share them with others, even to help change, or reform, the lives of those around them. People have expressed these feelings in a number of ways—through pictures, symbols, verbal communication, and written language.

You can find many people who live good, clean lives. But, if you were to ask one of them  why he refrains from a particular vice or activity, you just might hear him say: "It isn't good for my health," "It could interfere with a goal I've set," "It might end up hurting someone," or even "I simply choose not to so indulge.

The scenario may sound familiar. We sincerely want to draw closer to God, to understand Him better, to become more spiritually-minded.

It was the word dual that caught my attention. The picture showed an artifact from Native American life in the 1400s and was captioned "Dual faces on a comb fragment represent good and evil, a favorite Iroquois theme.

In my homeland, nurses are popularly nicknamed "angels. " A true Christian Science nurse would also surely be considered "Godsent" by those whom he or she serves.

When you stop to think about it, one word has almost disappeared from our political vocabulary: citizenship. If we can revive it, we will do much to improve the quality of government and the quality of life wherever we live.

We've heard a lot recently about something called the "new world order. " Political leaders have used the term frequently in trying to depict what appears to be the ultimate answer in bringing a sense of order and peace to the world.

For several weeks I had had a numbness in my arm and severe chest pain. I prayed, and there was alleviation of the pain but not healing.

When struggling with a serious problem and seeing no solution, one often has the depressing feeling of being completely cut off from God. It can seem as if everything he or she has learned about man's true, spiritual being up to that point has vanished into thin air.