4) Bored
4.Honestly, I’d just rather be doing other things with my time. College is all about having fun and experiencing new things. CSO work sounds boring.
Too often people tend to compartmentalize their lives, thinking that work stuff, fun stuff, relationship stuff, and spiritual stuff are all separate. But Christian Science is all about living the whole of your life with a sense of the abundance of good, with a deep feeling of Spirit, of Truth, of Love. Being active in a CSO is simply a matter
of connecting with other people who share this view of living, who want to learn more about it, and who are convinced that spiritual living makes a difference in this world. Don’t ever let CSO work become part of mortality’s dull grind.
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The world wants you to think that way. It wants you to get away from God as far as you can go! But can you really get away from God? Remember the “Prodigal Son” parable? He wanted to have fun, but that type of fun did not last. It had a price. And he came back.
CSO work can be fun. It’s only boring if you make it so. You can have fun; not all work is tedious. But always remember that God does the work, and you must reflect that work.
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CSO work enhances the college experience with opportunities to be able to speak about spiritual aspects of life. So many people are thinkers. It brings you into contact with a bigger number of people on campus who share similar ideals.
Marta Greenwood, CSB, London, England CsO resOurCe guide
