Now that the word Islam no longer terrifies me, I can stand up against Islamophobia with understanding.

From, 21^st Century Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, we read, “Christian Science requires us to improve our intentions. Hatred is to become extinct through kindness. Lust is conquered with purity. Revenge is triumphed over with charity, and deceit is defeated with honesty. Starve errors in their early stages if you would not cherish an army of conspirators against health, happiness, and success.”

Most people are are busy getting through the day, going to work, paying bills, and trying to help others that we eventually have to face that which terrorizes us, even our own fears. From 21^st Century Science and Health,“While respecting all that is good in the Church or out of it, one’s dedication to Christ is more on the ground of demonstration than of profession. In conscience, we can’t stay in a mindset we have outgrown. We are enabled to heal the sick and overcome sin by understanding more of the divine Principle of the deathless Christ.”

Healing is possible. Inevitable. It comes by not getting distracted by the masks that hate and fear and egomania wear. Everytime we let go of the old and put on the new (Ephesians 4:24) we notice progress and courage in the understanding of a meaningful life.

Four things I’ve learned:

1. Healing is always happening and we can find where to be a part of it.
2. We can throw out that which we’ve outgrown, including the worn-out ideology that someone in the past knew the answer for us today.
3. We need to find our own answer.
4. We all have access to God, Truth, now. The truth is practical to us, now.