Live from the home of the World's Largest Penny

I used to live in the Boston area. Boston, as many Bostonians will tell you, is the Hub of the Universe. And they will tell you the many good reasons that they feel this is so. However, when I talked to a friend from London and visited there, I was convinced that, indeed London must play THE central role and be the center of the universe, and my friend agreed.

Then I visited Singapore. With temples that are right next to mosques which are across from the shrines which are next to some churches, surely this is the most diverse and central part of the universe. But an African colleague called Africa "Mother Africa," she said, because it gave birth to mankind. A Greek friend explained that Greece was the center of the universe because it was the birthplace of civilization. And an Argentine explained,with a twinkle in his eye, that the well known pride of the Argentines is due to the fact that God is from Argentina.

Interesting to know that every place has its central role in the universe. Every place has its mark and it is all important. My new home town, for one, is the center of the Universe for many of us, and our claim to the universe is that this is Home of the World's Largest Penny.

Globetrotting over the years has taught me valuable lessons:

• Everyone is important
• Everyone has an important claim to the universe
• The literate have nothing over the illiterate
• The rich have nothing over the poor
• The powerful have nothing over those who are thought to be powerless.

Love, purity, joy, kindness, and intelligent care ennoble every one of us. Likewise, every person has a central role in the universe.

The wisdom of Mary Baker Eddy flows on "and the light of ever-present Love illumines the universe. Hence the eternal wonder, - that infinite space is peopled with God's ideas, reflecting Him in countless spiritual forms" (from Science and Health).

Kim

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