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It’s Not How Long You Hang Around That Counts

Posted on February 19, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

Charles Steinmetz was the engineer who designed the massive generators that made General Electrics one of America’s greatest corporations. After he retired those generators broke down and no-one could get them going. So eventually they called Steinmetz back. He puttered … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Furniture

Posted on February 6, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

The eminent psychologist Martin Seligman said that we need to ask ourselves why our grandparents didn’t become depressed in the same way we do when they were thwarted, when the people they love rejected them and they didn’t get the … Continue reading →

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Don’t Worry; Be Happy!

Posted on February 4, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

They say that a dense fog covering seven city blocks to a depth of a hundred feet, if it could be condensed into water, would contain less than one glass of liquid. Now compare this to the things we spend … Continue reading →

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Stop Grinning, You’re in Church

Posted on February 1, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

The humourist Irma Bombeck once included a sad piece in her newspaper column describing an experience in church when she had watched a small child who kept turning around and smiling at everyone. His mother finally jerked him around and … Continue reading →

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Intuiting God

Posted on January 27, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

Some people wonder why God, if he exists, doesn’t make it easier for us to take notice of him; why he doesn’t remove all doubt by making an appearance – like breaking in on the TV waves and saying, “I’m … Continue reading →

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Finding Happiness

Posted on January 23, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

The American Constitution, among other things, guarantees ‘the pursuit of happiness,’ – not happiness itself, just the pursuit of it. One cynic claimed that happiness is built on the unhappiness of others. Albert Schweitzer thought that happiness was nothing more … Continue reading →

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Come Home

Posted on December 30, 2012 by vincentsmithauthor

G. K. Chesterton, even though he was a brilliant writer, was also extremely absent-minded and became rather notorious for getting lost. He would often forget where he was supposed to be and what he was supposed to be doing. On … Continue reading →

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Wings of Joy

Posted on December 24, 2012 by vincentsmithauthor

I heard about a little girl, taking part in a Christmas pageant, dressed as an angel, being told by her Sunday School teacher to make her appearance by coming down the centre aisle. The little girl’s response was: “Do you … Continue reading →

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Light in the Darkness

Posted on December 22, 2012 by vincentsmithauthor

There a few things lovelier than candlelight. When we want to create a romantic mood nothing does it better. When we want to remember a loved one, nothing expresses our feelings more deeply than lighting a candle. One candle is … Continue reading →

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Letters To God

Posted on December 20, 2012 by vincentsmithauthor

Each year thousands of letters addressed to God end up in a sorting office in the Jerusalem GPO. A spokesman said, “We have hundreds of thousands of letters sent either to God or Jesus Christ, and for some reason they … Continue reading →

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