Live as a thermostat, not a thermometer

September 14, 2020 | 20 comments

Thermometers go up or down according to the temperature of the room around them. Thermostats set the temperature of the room around them. As you go about your daily business, it is in your best interest to not let your

Live like it never happened

September 11, 2020 | 36 comments

A reader told me that she saw a water, fire, and restoration company truck driving around her town with the logo, “Like it never happened,” emblazoned on its side. In thinking about bad experiences tempting us to feel despondent at

Face the tiger fearlessly

September 10, 2020 | 32 comments

Mary Baker Eddy made this comment about a military general of her time: “By looking a tiger fearlessly in the eye, Sir Charles Napier sent it cowering back into the jungle” Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.

When others speak evil of you

September 9, 2020 | 19 comments

If you ever have someone leave a message on your phone, email you, send a letter, or tell you to your face that you are a horrible person followed by a list of all the reasons why you are a