Children & Teens
How can I find a feeling of purpose?
Q: How can I find a feeling of purpose when nothing’s going on?
A: I understand the way you’re feeling. Once, I was visiting family on a farm in South Africa—far away from home. It was beautiful there, but I started to feel adrift after a couple weeks, because I just wasn’t sure what else to do besides walk around the farm. I tried helping out with some of the day-to-day work, but it was clear I wasn’t really needed. I wanted to feel valuable and purposeful, but I just wasn’t getting that.
Read the full article: https://sentinel.christianscience.com/shared/view/gg1dl1uhgo?s=e
Love is taking care of you
Juniper and Amanda lived in the mountains. One winter day when they were playing outside, they found a little mouse lying on the ground. The mouse was very cold and couldn’t move. They decided to tuck her inside one of their coats and take her home to get warm.
Read the full article: https://sentinel.christianscience.com/issues/2020/2/122-05/love-is-taking-care-of-you?s=e
Ugh...Facebook comparisons
Deep down, where I didn’t want to admit it, a little part of me felt hurt. I’d posted some big news on Facebook, but the “likes” and comments weren’t piling up the way I’d expected them to. Weren’t people excited for me? Didn’t they care? The rational side of me told me I was being petty and silly, but still, I couldn’t help logging on again and again—each time hoping I’d have new notifications of my friends’ validation.
Read the full article: https://sentinel.christianscience.com/issues/2012/7/114-28/ugh-facebook-comparisons
Do you know how wonderful you are?
A discussion between Jan Kassahn Keeler from Plano, Texas, and Russ Gerber, host of the Christian Science Sentinel—Radio Edition.
Russ Gerber: It's especially important that we each feel we belong—that we're loved and cared for, that we have a constructive role to fill in society. Jan, how can a young listener today go about finding a better sense of self-worth?
Read the full article: https://sentinel.christianscience.com/issues/1999/7/101-29/do-you-know-how-wonderful-you-are