Daily Inspiration

In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.
~ John Burroughs

In a way Winter is the real Spring – the time when the inner things happen, the resurgence of nature.
~ Edna O’Brien

The Winter Solstice is the time of ending and beginning, a powerful time — a time to contemplate your immortality. A time to forgive, to be forgiven, and to make a fresh start. A time to awaken.
~ Frederick Lenz

Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.
~ Brad Henry

Cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey.
~ Jack Layton

There’s no vocabulary for love within a family; love that’s lived in but not looked at; love within the light of which all else is seen; the love within which all other love finds speech. This love is silent.
~ T. S. Eliot

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.
~ Thích Nhât Hanh

Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we’d give blood.
~ Charles Dickens

Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
~ Saint Francis de Sales

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.
~ George MacDonald