Category Archives: Self Image

Images

Posted on November 24, 2017 by vincentsmithauthor

Most of us are pretty careful about displaying photographs of ourselves, and the last thing we want people to see is our passport photo. Yet we also carry another picture within ourselves – one far more important than any photograph. … Continue reading →

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Only one of me

Posted on January 16, 2017 by vincentsmithauthor

A man who purchased a Hummel Christmas plate for his wife for twenty one dollars and ninety five cents was assured that it would increase in value because it was the first Christmas plate to be produced by that famous … Continue reading →

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The prizes eventually go to those who persevere

Posted on September 29, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

When Dino De Laurentis was looking for a lead actress for his movie, King Kong, his son asked him to interview a young actress named Meryl Streep. He took one look at her and said to his son, in Italian, … Continue reading →

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Apathy costs us nothing – except…

Posted on November 15, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

Apathy is something that costs us nothing except our self respect. Rosina Hernandez once watched a young man get bashed at a rock concert. No one did anything to stop it, and he subsequently died. She then made a vow … Continue reading →

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Pins in the head

Posted on April 18, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

Some years ago, Zhang Meihua, a 24 year old Chinese woman, for no apparent reason began to lose the ability to move her arms and legs. Eventually her symptoms got so bad they gave her a cat scan and found … Continue reading →

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Proving myself before advertising myself

Posted on April 8, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

I was taught the importance of proving myself before advertising myself. However, the current emphasis on self confidence seems to have had the opposite effect. A recent survey discovered that seventy percent of students rated themselves as above average leaders … Continue reading →

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We are what we are, not what people call us.

Posted on April 8, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

Shakespeare once said: ‘What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.’ A thing is what it is because that’s what it is, not what someone calls it. And we are … Continue reading →

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Charity that doesn’t lift your public image

Posted on February 10, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

According to the Boston Globe, Tom White’s life goal is to give away his entire fortune. When people ask him why he says: ‘I’m motivated a lot by what Jesus wants me to do – and I think he wants … 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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Oysters and eagles

Posted on September 24, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

Morris Mandel, commenting on our very human desire for security, said: ‘When God made the oyster, he guaranteed his absolute economic and social security. He built the oyster a house, his shell, to shelter and protect him from his enemies. … Continue reading →

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