Author Archives: vincentsmithauthor

Never make a negative decision when you’re feeling low

Posted on October 20, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

Robert Schuller, author of many best selling books on ‘possibility thinking’, tells of a winter day when he and his dad cut down a dead tree on the family farm. But in the spring they found new shoots sprouting from … Continue reading →

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‘A spirit manifest in the laws of the Universe

Posted on October 16, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

When Albert Einstein put forward his theory of relativity, the thing that bothered him was that his equations indicated that the universe was expanding, and therefore must have had a beginning. It was not until Edwin Hubble showed that the … Continue reading →

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Keeping safe from the dangers of love

Posted on October 16, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

The deepest of all human needs is to love and be loved, but the thing that keeps us from finding it is fear of rejection. However, in holding back we deprive ourselves of the thing we want most. C.S. Lewis … Continue reading →

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Meaning is in the final outcome

Posted on October 16, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

Aristotle said that we can never really understand the meaning of a thing until we look at its final outcome; like the alphabet for example; it only makes sense when we put the letters together and form a sentence. In … Continue reading →

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Purpose of life

Posted on October 16, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

Dr. Hugh Moorhead of America’s Northeastern University once wrote to two hundred and fifty well-known philosophers, scientists, writers and intellectuals and asked for their comments on what is the purpose of life. Some of them offered their best guesses and … Continue reading →

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Muscles are not just meant for show

Posted on September 29, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

The host of a television chat show once interviewed a group of body builders and asked them a very simple question: ‘What do you use these muscles for?’ One guy answered by flexing his muscles in one of those body … Continue reading →

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Lopping off the branches of worry

Posted on September 29, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

If you’ve ever had a tree cut down in your back yard, you’ll know that you don’t start by attacking the base of the tree, because that would bring the house down with it. Instead, you lop off individual branches … Continue reading →

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Conditioned to failure

Posted on September 29, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

In the old days when travelling circuses had elephants, they used to restrain them by chaining them to a peg in the ground. People often wondered why the huge elephant didn’t just pull the peg out of the ground and … Continue reading →

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‘When one’s expectations are reduced to zero’

Posted on September 29, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

Stephen Hawking, considered by many to be the most intelligent man on earth, suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease and, for years unable to speak, has been confined to a wheelchair, where he can do little more than sit and think. … Continue reading →

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‘It takes more than diet and exercise to avoid heart attacks’

Posted on September 29, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

Dr. Meyer Friedman says it takes more than diet and exercise to avoid heart attacks. It also needs a balanced lifestyle and making creative use of leisure. ‘Many people who have paid attention to the body and diet,’ he said, … Continue reading →

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