Article May 24, 1982 Issue

It's your decision; but let me give you some advice . . .

JANE E. GLASSER

When my brother announced to the family that he was joining the Navy, our jaws dropped, and we gave him a collective "You've got to be kidding" stare. We argued, we reasoned, we pleaded, but to no avail. Scott had made up his mind. He was soon gone.

We thought that surely boot camp would teach him; Scott loved boot camp. Scott loved ship life. Scott loves air school. Ever since he arrived there, Scott has relished everything about his new environment.

His decision was a lesson to us that, as Christian Science teaches, human opinions, even those of loved ones, can be misleading when it comes to acting on one's sense of the Father's purpose. "The Christian Scientist is alone with his own being and with the reality of things,"^{ Message to The Mother Church for 1901, p. 20.} writes Mrs. Eddy. Nothing can be allowed to interfere with the sacred communion in which we consecrate our existence to God.