Tag Archives: peace with one’s self

It’s all about attitude

Posted on February 2, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

I love the story about a woman who woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed she had only three hairs on her head. ‘Well,’ she said, ‘I think I’ll braid my hair today?’ So she did and had a … Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciation, Attitude, Contentment, Inspirational, Life's journey, Living Life, Making the most of what you've got, Personal Growth, Riches, Spiritual Insight, thankfulness, wealth, Wisdom | Tagged disatisfaction, fulfillment, happiness, Hope, inspirational sayings, peace with one's self, rich inner life | Leave a comment

WYSIWYG

Posted on December 20, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

Back in the days when I was being dragged kicking and screaming into the computer age, computer nerds, trying to explain the wonders of it all to me, used to spout unintelligible terms that just confused me more. Most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Advent, Awareness, Christmas, Contentment, emptiness, Faith, God, Hope, inner peace, Inspirational, Jesus, Living Life, Nativity, Religion, Remembrance, Spiritual Insight, thankfulness, Trust in God | Tagged computers, disatisfaction, fulfillment, God With Us, Hope, inspirational sayings, Meaning in Life, peace with one's self, religion, rich inner life, spirituality | Leave a comment

Don’t wish them happiness

Posted on December 10, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

Lisa Grunwald, writing in the Los Angeles Times, made a plea to all parents who want more than anything for their children to be happy. “Don’t wish them happiness,” she says. “Wish them goodness, energy, humour, brains, diligence, discipline, even … Continue reading →

Posted in children, direction, Faith, Inspirational, Life's journey, Living Life, Personal Growth, Religion, Spiritual Insight, Spirituality, Trials and testings, Unselfishness | Tagged anxiety, fulfillment, God With Us, happiness, Hope, Meaning in Life, peace with one's self, rich inner life, satisfaction | Leave a comment

When you’re not cured but are healed

Posted on December 7, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

Tony Campolo once received a telephone call from a woman who, in a church service the previous Sunday, had asked him to pray for her husband who was riddled with cancer. The call was to tell him her husband had … Continue reading →

Posted in angry with God, Bitterness, Faith, God, Healing, Hope, inner peace, Inspirational, Life's journey, pilgrimage, Prayer, Religion, Spiritual Insight, Trials and testings, Trust in God, Wisdom | Tagged anxiety, Atheism and Faith, disatisfaction, God With Us, Hope, peace with one's self, spirituality, Wistful Hope | Leave a comment

Never cry over anything that can’t cry over you

Posted on December 5, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

When Sophia Loren, broken hearted, sobbed to movie director Vittorio De Sica over the theft of her jewelry, he gave her this advice: “Listen to me, Sophia. I am much older than you and if there is one great truth … Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciation, Bible, inner peace, Inspirational, Life's journey, Living Life, Personal Growth, Riches, satisfaction, Spiritual Insight, Sympathy and Support, Trials and testings, wealth, Wisdom | Tagged anxiety, happiness, inspirational sayings, Meaning in Life, peace with one's self, rich inner life, spirituality, worry | Leave a comment

It’s not how much you have

Posted on November 30, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

A friend who grew up in Japan told me that in traditional Japanese society it was considered preferable to own one thing of beauty rather than many, because if you own one thing you will look at it and truly … Continue reading →

Posted in emptiness, Inspirational, Life's journey, Living Life, Personal Growth, pilgrimage, satisfaction, Spiritual Insight, thankfulness, Wisdom | Tagged disatisfaction, happiness, inspirational sayings, Meaning in Life, peace with one's self, rich inner life, spirituality | Leave a comment

Promise

Posted on November 29, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

In John Bunyan’s great parable of life, the Pilgrim’s Progress, there’s a point where Christian and Hopeful are captured by the Giant Despair, locked in the dungeons of Doubting Castle and beaten unmercifully. But at dawn on Sunday, after days … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Encouragement, Faith, God, Hope, inner peace, Inspirational, Peaceful Sleep, Promise, Religion, Spiritual Insight, Spirituality, Trials and testings, tribulation and trouble, Trust in God, Wisdom | Tagged anxiety, God's Will, happiness, Hope, inspirational sayings, Intuition, Meaning in Life, peace with one's self, spirituality, worry | Leave a comment

God Shaped Holes

Posted on November 2, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

Sigmund Freud thought that religion is not about people finding God but people creating God. God, he claimed, is a projection of our needs and insecurities. Commenting on the bleakness of this view Freud said “I can offer people no … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, God, inner peace, Inspirational, Life's journey, Living Life, Personal Growth, Religion, Spiritual Insight, Spirituality | Tagged Atheism and Faith, fulfillment, God's Will, Hope, inspirational sayings, Meaning in Life, peace with one's self, religion | Leave a comment

It’s not about where we are, but where we’re heading

Posted on October 22, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

Oliver Wendell Holmes said: ‘I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must … Continue reading →

Posted in direction, Encouragement, Faith, God, Hell, inner peace, Inspirational, Journey, Life's journey, Living Life, old age, Personal Growth, pilgrimage, Spirituality, Trust in God, Wisdom | Tagged God With Us, Hope, inspirational sayings, Meaning in Life, peace with one's self, religion, spirituality | Leave a comment

Our Expectations and Our Reality

Posted on October 10, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

Megan Gressor said that the happiest person she’d ever met operates a pedicab in Saigon. He’d fought on the losing side in the Vietnam War, spent ten years in a re-education camp, had married late and now had a little … Continue reading →

Posted in Encouragement, inner peace, Inspirational, Joy, Life's journey, Living Life, Personal Growth, relationships, satisfaction, Spirituality, thankfulness | Tagged anxiety, disatisfaction, fulfillment, happiness, Hope, inspirational sayings, peace with one's self, rich inner life | 1 Comment