Category Archives: Inspirational

God Gives Me Rest

Posted on August 25, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

Sleep deprivation has emerged as one of the major threats to our sense of wellbeing. Most adult Australians now get less than seven hours of sleep per night, whereas our great grandparents got nine. Cultural and economic forces have combined … Continue reading →

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No Strings Attached

Posted on August 11, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

During the George Bush era Robert Kirkpatrick, who was serving a three year sentance at the Belmont Correctional Institution in eastern Ohio, got an invitation from Vice President Cheney to a two and a half thousand dollar a plate fundraising … Continue reading →

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Miracle Fruit

Posted on August 5, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

I read somewhere that miraculin – sometimes known as miracle fruit – is a small berry with a citrus taste. But the miracle is not what it tastes like, but what it makes everything else taste like. So, for example, … Continue reading →

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Controlling Our Moods

Posted on July 31, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

One of the hardest things in life is to understand and control our moods. When we’re feeling good everything around us looks good and is good. But when we get into a dark mood that same world becomes miserable and … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, God, inner peace, Inspirational, Moods, Personal Growth, Prayer, Spirituality, Trials and testings, tribulation and trouble, Trust in God | Tagged anxiety, disatisfaction, happiness, Hope, inspirational sayings, peace with one's self, rich inner life, spirituality, worry | Leave a comment

Spiritual Furniture

Posted on July 21, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

The eminent psychologist Martin Seligman said that we need to ask ourselves why our grandparents, when they were thwarted, when the people they loved rejected them, when they didn’t get the job they wanted, and when their children died, didn’t … Continue reading →

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Taking a Jump

Posted on July 17, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

African impalas, which can jump four metres high and ten metres long, are often kept in enclosures behind a wall that’s only one metre high. The reason is that impalas will not jump if they can’t see where their feet … Continue reading →

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Stepping Up

Posted on July 14, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

There’s an old fable about a donkey that fell into a dry well. The owner couldn’t figure out how to get the donkey out, but since he’d been intending to cover the well he started shovelling dirt into it. The … Continue reading →

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When More Feels Like less

Posted on July 10, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

Someone has said that the paradox of our age is that we spend more, but seem to have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less. We have bigger houses, but smaller families; more conveniences, but less time. We have … Continue reading →

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Finding ourselves by not being absorbed with ourselves

Posted on June 30, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

Thomas Wolfe once wrote: ‘The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact … Continue reading →

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What I don’t know is where I am going!

Posted on June 6, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

Albert Einstein was well known for being absent minded. On one occasion he was travelling on a train and the conductor came to check his ticket. Einstein, however, had become so engrossed in his work that he couldn’t remember where … Continue reading →

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