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.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.
Christmas - that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance.
Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore, one should learn contentment.

