Author Archives: vincentsmithauthor

Calculated risk takers

Posted on October 8, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

A few years ago Cornell University conducted a survey of a wide range of people to find out what people most regret. They discovered that twice as many people were bothered more by what they did not do rather than … Continue reading →

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Busyness is the Devil

Posted on October 8, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

The writer John Ortberg says that he once called a wise friend to ask for some spiritual direction. He described the frenetic pace of his life; the demands of work and family responsibilities: that endless round of driving kids to … Continue reading →

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Reflecting the light

Posted on October 8, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

I heard about a New York policeman who found a boy in an alley flashing a mirror up to a window in one of the tenements. He suspected he was up to no good. But the kid protested his innocence … Continue reading →

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Wisdom, knowledge, and joy

Posted on October 8, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

Daniel Gilbert of Harvard University did a survey of one hundred university lecturers both before and after they found out if they had received tenure in their positions. They all expected to be quite happy if they got tenure and … Continue reading →

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Putting on a new face

Posted on October 6, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

According to a report from Reuters, The British Association of Plastic Surgeons now considers it possible to actually replace a patient’s features. Full face transplants are no longer science fiction fantasy. A proposed microsurgical procedure could give new skin, bone, … Continue reading →

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Fool’s cap

Posted on October 6, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

There’s an old story about a King who appointed a new court jester and was so pleased with him that he gave him a special fool’s cap to wear as a symbol of his ability.The king told him to wear … Continue reading →

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Live, love and laugh

Posted on October 6, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

When Norman Cousins was diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease, he released himself from hospital and decided to treat himself. Aware of the harmful effects that negative emotions can have on the body Cousins prescribed his own treatment, consisting … Continue reading →

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Hope springs eternal

Posted on October 6, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

Alexander Pope wrote: “Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blessed.” But where does man turn when hope dries up? The director of a medical clinic told of a young man who was … Continue reading →

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There are some things you don’t have to see to believe

Posted on October 6, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

C.T. Powell in his book ‘Seeing is Believing’ reports on an interchange between a high school teacher and one of her students about evidence for the existence of God. The teacher had challenged the students to provide one piece of … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Immunity

Posted on September 30, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

Sir Alexander Fleming, when he discovered penicillin, warned against people taking too little of it. An under-dose, he said would permit germs to remain in the system thereby allowing one to build up an immunity that could then be passed … Continue reading →

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