With the holidays just around the corner, it’s that time when things become hectic and it’s easy to get caught up in your to do list. When you feel overwhelmed by everything that needs to be accomplished, the best part of the holidays can easily become overshadowed by everything you need to do. If you haven’t taken a moment this holiday season to stop and think of all you have to be thankful for – now is the time. And, if you’re feeling caught up in the season and need a moment of reflection, take a look at these 10 quotes to give you even just a moment of serenity.
10 Quotes to Make You Feel Good During the Holidays
“I sustain myself with the love of family.” » Maya Angelou
“Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you’re giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism.” -Caroline Kennedy
“Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.” -Thomas S. Monson
“The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing others’ loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of the holidays.” -W. C. Jones
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” -Helen Keller
“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” -Bob Hope
“A friend is a gift you give yourself.” -Robert Louis Stevenson
“Christmas is far and away my favorite holiday. I love everything about it, from the event that inspired it, hoping for a white one, to wrapping presents. But mostly I love having family and friends gathered, and sharing traditions.” -Ellen Hopkins
“You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” » Desmond Tutu
“Love your family. Spend time, be kind & serve one another. Make no room for regrets. Tomorrow is not promised & today is short.” –unknown
Are you feeling like it’s time to focus more on the love you have for your family and less about getting through that holiday to do list? How do you find a moment of calm during this hectic season?