Living inside the solution

I had to solve a technical problem in my house. An artisanal challenge. I tend to think that I am not good with practical questions, but I keep learning. In this case I had to keep learning for a long stretch of time. I tried with several types of screwdrivers all kinds of options, and especially one screw didn't comply. I tried to reach someone through a hotline, in vain, I looked at manuals and Youtube videos. Well. And then two insights kicked in. I left this scene and let two insights expand and grow in my heart and consciousness, melting away impatience and putting me on the path of confidence.

First, I could see that this project was solvable and the answer was within reach. Am I living in an empty universe? No, we all live in the world of infinite Love - a universe filled with ever present ideas, a very real power. In Love we live and move and think and breathe, and no problem is ever without a solution. Creation is one infinite solution and we are living right in it.

Second, I started to speak to the screw - actually more to the idea it represents. And the one thing I acknowledged was usefulness. Being useful is a meaningful thing to me. If being asked what I would like to be or to do I think: To be useful in some way. This insight goes back to "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy:

"All of God's creatures, moving in the harmony of Science, are harmless, useful, indestructible. A realization of this grand verity was a source of strength to the ancient worthies. It supports Christian healing, and enables its possessor to emulate the example of Jesus. “And God saw that it was good.” (SH 514:28)

Harmless, useful, indestructible.

So I looked at the project again and I thought about each element in terms of usefulness, and I persisted. And finally, after about 25 minutes of patience and persistence, of trying to screw in the screw in question, it yielded effortlessly and is now sitting in its useful place.

Usefulness is a real thing. Living inside the solution is a way to describe God's new world, Her/His creation. This change of perspective moved me from struggling with an unsolvable problem to the joy of perceiving a solution as ever present, infinite, and always at hand.