Whose Mind Are You?

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,

and the man that getteth understanding.

— Proverbs 3:13

Know your own mind.

— The Science of Mind, page 188

Whose Mind Are You?

My mother, who is now 89 years old, was a kindergarten teacher in Milwaukee in 1914. She told me about the following incident: One day she reported to work feeling chipper and happy. She met a fellow teacher who asked her, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing. Why?” responded my mother.

“You don’t look so well,” came the answer. Immediately my mother began to feel one notch less chipper.

Another teacher walked up and asked, “Are you sick?” My mother’s chipper thermometer once again moved down a notch. This continued happening throughout the day until, at the end of the day, my mother was ill.

Recently I was dining out with a large group of loving people. Our baby was having a wonderful time, and I felt ecstatically happy. At the end of the meal the baby grabbed a spoon and began creating a symphony on her high-chair tray. It did not occur to me that she was upsetting anyone until a young man sitting behind us poked me in the back and shouted, “Keep that kid quiet!” I apologized, but continued to have a good time.

These two stories can show us how important it is for us to know those thoughts and feelings that are ours and those that are not ours. If we contact that place at the center of our being, we will know how we really feel, and we can trust in this knowingness.

I choose to use my own mind.

Today, when I find myself responding to things in the outside world,

I ask, “Whose mind am I now?”

Thus, I keep my mind plugged into the Divine Generator.

I am prepared for this day!

God and I are a super team!