Let Them …

Art by Pauline Bailly

LET THEM - by Donna Ashworth

“Let them argue

let them fight 

let them think 

they are right 

let them gossip

let them rage 

let them build 

themselves a cage 

let them judge

let them talk

let them walk

the way they walk 

let them laugh 

behind your back 

they cannot push you

from your track 

let them steal 

each other’s joy

let them silence 

virtue’s voice 

let them wrestle 

for the throne 

let them pick flesh 

from their bones

but of all 

you let them do 

do not let them

alter you 

keep your focus 

on the sky 

and all the beauty 

you pass by 

stay within 

your well-built walls 

and answer only 

worthy calls

let them lie

if they must 

it’s yourself 

you need to trust.”

Poem by Donna Ashworth

“Because Truth is infinite, error should be known as nothing. Because Truth is omnipotent in goodness, error, Truth’s opposite, has no might. Evil is but the counterpoise of nothingness. The greatest wrong is but a supposititious opposite of the highest right. The confidence inspired by Science lies in the fact that Truth is real and error is unreal. Error is a coward before Truth. Divine Science insists that time will prove all this. Both truth and error have come nearer than ever before to the apprehension of mortals, and truth will become still clearer as error is self-destroyed.” 

Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health with Key to the Scriptures Page 367:30-9

“Idols are but substitutes for your reality. In some way, you believe they will complete your little self, for safety in a world perceived as dangerous, with forces massed against your confidence and peace of mind. They have the power to supply your lacks, and add the value that you do not have. No one believes in idols who has not enslaved himself to littleness and loss. And thus must seek beyond his little self for strength to raise his head, and stand apart from all the misery the world reflects. This is the penalty for looking not within for certainty and quiet calm that liberates you from the world, and lets you stand apart, in quiet and in peace.” 

A Course in Miracles T-29.VIII.2:2-7