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Letting Love transform our lives

February 26, 2016 By christianscienceminnesota Leave a Comment

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Defining ourselves with unchangeable, negative traits can be depressing and defeating. My colleague from British Columbia, Anna Bowness-Park, tells how such limits can be lifted by a Divine influence that is already present.  Here’s Anna…

A leopard can’t change his spots. Right? Sometimes we are persuaded to believe that who we are is set in stone, and that therefore our circumstances cannot change. “I am who I am, and I can’t change,” is something many of us believe and tell ourselves. In modern therapy circles, it’s sometimes called self-acceptance.

Yet, for some who might be struggling with depression, or with something as simple as unlikable or limiting character traits, it’s a belief system that can make us feel helpless and unable to experience greater health or happiness. Or, this self-acceptance might simply limit us from experiences that could greatly bless us and others….

Once in a while, a story comes along about someone who went through profound character changes – a complete transformation – even when they weren’t looking for it. And in the process they sometimes glimpse something that was always true about themselves, although they didn’t know it yet….

Please click here to read the rest in its original context…

Filed Under: Guest Thoughts Tagged With: change, character traits, depression, divine influence, Jack Mook, leopard, love, Meredith Viera, Pittsburgh, self-acceptance, transform, true spiritual nature

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Joel Magnes Hi, I’m Joel Magnes, writing about the connection between our thinking and our health -- focusing on how spirituality and prayer can have a positive impact on our well-being.   I'm a practitioner of Christian Science, with over 25 years of expertise and experience in prayer-based healing.  And I serve as the Christian Science Committee on Publication for Minnesota; the church's media and legislative liaison. Contact Joel HERE.

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