I enjoy playing the piano. To challenge myself on the keyboard, I committed to learning “Prelude in G Minor,” by Rachmaninoff. For my level of expertise, it’s a difficult piece, with massive chords, and fast-moving passages of melody that tax my skills to the maximum. But I’ve eagerly embraced the challenge of playing a high-quality piece of music today like I used to play in my college days decades ago. A few weeks ago, though, the ends of my fingers started to ache. It became painful to practice this piece, for several of my fingers were crying out in pain when pressing on the keys. This is ..read more

Realize the presence of health and the fact of harmonious being, until the body corresponds with the normal conditions of health and harmony. ~ Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 412 You’re always realizing something. Be sure to realize what you want to experience ..read more

If you’re ever burdened with doubt that something good could happen to you, it’s an opportunity to move faith from evil to good. Doubt that something good can happen is faith that evil is happening. It’s having more faith in evil than in good. You can conquer doubt by putting more faith in God, and less faith in evil. “With God, all things are possible,” Jesus Christ taught (Mark 10:27). With God, good is possible. Only good is possible. This is reality. Doubt cripples progress. Understanding God leads to success. Keep moving down the path of success by putting all faith in God, good, and havi ..read more

Even if you have countless blessings, it’s good to count them anyway. ~ J.L.W. Brooks Gratitude is one of the surest paths to health and happiness ..read more

What is influencing your thought? It’s a good question to ask when navigating the multiple opinions, beliefs, fears and affirmations one encounters each day through media, neighbors, fellow workers, and internal conversations. There are thousands of activists online called social influencers that focus on influencing people’s thoughts and actions through reviews, commentaries and posted content. To live healthy and free, I find it helpful to remember that God is the #1 influencer in my life. The one all-knowing, all-wise Mind has the best advice, the wisest counsel, the most intelligent direct ..read more

When you can’t figure it out humanly, let God figure it out spiritually. It’s much easier that way ..read more

I was politely listening to a distant friend who was very anxious to tell me all about her long history of health woes. She was healthy when young, but over the years a physical problem would pop up, she’d employ the latest medical drug or procedure to address it. The problem would go away. But then shortly, another problem, a bit more difficult to deal with, would pop up. She’d take a drug, make it go away, but then a few years later a worse ailment would surface. And the saga of woe and suffering continued through today. She suffers pain hourly now. While listening, my heart went out to her ..read more

What is rightfully yours is eternally yours. No one can take it or steal it. It’s a permanent part of who you are ..read more

In the story of David and Goliath in the Bible, Goliath is a behemoth of a man, a mighty warrior and soldier that enemies feared. David was a quiet shepherd boy of small stature, accustomed to living in the wilderness and tending sheep. When David walks toward the battle line to face Goliath, Goliath mocks him, belittles and ridicules him. He bellows rage and contempt. But David is not afraid. David had complete faith in Almighty God to keep him safe from harm. Rather than running in the opposite direction out of fear, David hastens to meet Goliath with no fear. As recorded in I Samuel, “As Go ..read more

Be discerning about what you read in the news and welcome into thought! It’s a wise instruction for those who wish to stay healthy. Mary Baker Eddy wrote, “The press unwittingly sends forth many sorrows and diseases among the human family. It does this by giving names to diseases and by printing long descriptions which mirror images of disease distinctly in thought. A new name for an ailment affects people like a Parisian name for a novel garment. Every one hastens to get it. A minutely described disease costs many a man his earthly days of comfort. What a price for human knowledge!” (Science ..read more