Daily Inspiration

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.
~Edith Sitwell

Grace grows best in winter.
~ Samuel Rutherford

The cold was our pride, the snow was our beauty. It fell and fell, lacing day and night together in a milky haze, making everything quieter as it fell, so that winter seemed to partake of religion in a way no other season did, hushed, solemn.
~ Patricia Hampl

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