Stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; King James Version of the Bible  Philippians 1:27 From the Christian Science Quarterly

Motives…

Any action begins with motive, where Jesus formed his estimate; and a correct motive leads to a correct act. 

Yet if man is still the one with “

the stone and the sling” he lives and acts without love, without Christ.

Thou hast given so much to me,

Give one thing more, - 

a grateful heart;

Not thankful when it pleaseth me,

As if Thy blessings had spare days,

But such a heart whose pulse 

may be Thy praise.

~George Herbert

Truth is affirmative

 Truth is affirmative, and confers harmony. All metaphysical logic is inspired by this simple rule of Truth, which governs all reality. By the truthful arguments you employ, and especially by the spirit of Truth and Love which you entertain, you will heal the sick.

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures

by Mary Baker Eddy 

418:20

A Prayer of love

A spiritual stillness within gives us an entrance to the prayer of love.  Each of us, consciously or unconsciously, prays the prayer of love.  In its stillness we feel a deep yearning ... to love, and to be loved.  The response to this yearning is found in the Christ-consciousness, Jesus pointed to, “. . . behold, the kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:21).  I understand that to mean, the kingdom of God is the consciousness of God as Love.  When we are able to be conscious of God as Love … wherever we are … we’ll see the manifestations of Love everywhere, and a spiritual optimism will take hold of us to help us smile, especially at challenging times.  "As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man" (Proverbs 27:19). 

BE A STRANGER

stranger to anxiety," and the Bible passage continues, “but in every thing by .... thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God” (Philippians 4:6).  And slowly, but steadily, we gain the conviction that something extraordinary is going on in our thought and life.  It is a spiritual strengthening of thoughts, words, and deeds — a growing stronger in “a diviner sense of God”-- that says YES to Love and Life, a strength that grows out of our awareness of the fullness of pure Love —“and [our] cup runneth over . . .” 

(Psalm 23).

Proud words

Proud words are arrogant, intolerant and savagely ignorant of the great fundamental truths—simplicity, humility and ordinary human decency!

You know a pilot in a storm

You learn to know a pilot in a storm.

--Seneca

Some of us do simple things in a complicated  way— others do complicated things easily!

How does the poet , T. S . Eliot, say it? “Quick now, here, now, always— A condition of complete swift simplicity.....All manner of things shall be well.”

Good self management

Sich ins Einfache retten!  Und: Man muss sich einzurichten wissen!

Goethe

One is saved in simplicity!  And: one must have the wisdom to manage oneself!

Translated by EMH