Giving is a joy if we do it in the right spirit. It all depends on whether we think of it as “What can I spare?” or as “What can I share?” – Esther Baldwin York

The best portion of a good man’s life is the little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. – William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, 1926 – 2004

“The best inheritance a parent can give to his children is a few minutes of their time each day.” – M. Grundler

I sit beside the fire and think of all that I have seen, of meadow-flowers and butterflies in summers that have been; Of yellow leaves and gossamer in autumns that there were, with morning mist and silver sun and wind upon my hair. – J. R. R. Tolkien