Category Archives: Fear

Fears become less fearful when we face them

Posted on February 25, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

There’s an old parable of a little boy running away from a witch who had turned herself into a cat. As the boy ran he kept glancing fearfully over his shoulder. The first time he looked back the cat was … Continue reading →

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The ingratitude of tropical fish

Posted on February 12, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

Philip Yancey is right when he says that keeping tropical fish requires a lot of effort. ‘You have to feed them three times a day, change the water filters, monitor the water temperature and regularly test the nitrate levels. You’d … Continue reading →

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Comfort through a cat

Posted on December 15, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

At the Steer House Nursing Home in Providence, Rhode Island, a cat named Oscar provides a unique service to the residents of the dementia unit. He makes regular rounds, hopping onto patients’ beds, purring and snuggling up to people before … Continue reading →

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Keep calm and eat strawberries

Posted on October 23, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

There’s an old story about a monk fleeing from a hungry tiger. He comes to the edge of a cliff and begins to climb down a vine, out of the tiger’s reach. But then, to his dismay, he sees another … Continue reading →

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We are the way we think

Posted on August 19, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

The eminent philosopher William James, believed that of all the marvellous discoveries of the modern world the greatest was that people can change their lives by changing their attitudes. We are the way we think, and I am the only … Continue reading →

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There’s nothing to fear but fear

Posted on July 13, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

Fred Culbertson is the creator of a website called Phobialist.com, which lists more than five hundred fears that people experience. Among the unusual fears he lists are: Peladophobia – fear of bald people; eniophobia – fear of chins; Aulophobia – … Continue reading →

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Truth motivated by love

Posted on May 21, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

Nikita Khrushchev often denounced the atrocities of his predecessor, Josef Stalin, and on one occasion, when doing so, he was interrupted by a heckler who called out; “You were there. Why didn’t you stop him?” Khrushchev stopped speaking, then roared … Continue reading →

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