Don’t prioritise your looks, my friend, they won’t last the journey. Your sense of humour though, will only get better. Your intuition will grow and expand like a majestic cloak of wisdom. Your ability to choose your battles, will be fine-tuned to perfection. Your capacity for stillness, for living in the moment, will blossom. And…

“We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now because I’ve been to the mountaintop… I’ve looked over and I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.” -Martin…

“No amount of regret changes the past. No amount of anxiety changes the future. But any amount of gratitude changes the present.” -Ann Voscamp The holidays are over, and no matter how perfect or imperfect they were, I hope each of us finds much to be grateful for and that we carry that with us…

“The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world’s busy life and become more interested in people than in things.” -Thomas S. Monson Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you, (including your…

“When you give a gift at Christmas and see the smile of the people you love reflected in their faces, that’s magical. It is not about spending a lot of money or buy a gift that is functional, it’s just a way to say I love you. Christmas is a symbol of union and joy,…

 “We think it is the big moments that define our lives — the wedding, the baby, the new house, the dream job. But really these big moments of happiness are just the punctuation marks. The narrative is written every day in the small and simple.” -Sarah Ban Breathnach

“A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in…

“Let Us Give Thanks” by Max Coots Let us give thanks for a bounty of people: For children who are our second planting, and, though they grow like weeds and the wind too soon blows them away, may they forgive us our cultivation and fondly remember where their roots are. Let us give thanks: For…

“If each person has natural gifts and innate talents, Then the true nature of education Must involve the awakening, inviting, and blessing of the inner genius And unique life spirit of each young person. -Michael Meade