“New Year: A Dialogue” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1909) MORTAL:“The night is cold, the hour is late, the world is bleak and drear;Who is it knocking at my door?” THE NEW YEAR:“I am Good Cheer.” MORTAL:“Your voice is strange; I know you not; in shadows dark I grope.What seek you here?” THE NEW YEAR:“Friend, let… Read More New Year: A Dialogue
William Pitt the Younger (1759 – 1806) was British Prime Minister during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars and helped to define and strengthen the office of the prime minister. He suffered an affliction typical of many people born into wealth and power: he was named after his father, so he was known as “William… Read More Young William Pitt
Tomorrow is World Gratitude Day, which is celebrated annually on 21st September. Created to encourage people to think about what they are thankful for, it has been going on since 1965. when an international gathering in Hawaii decided that it would be a good idea to have one day to formally express gratitude and… Read More 🙏World Gratitude Day🙏
VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890) Vincent van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853 in Zundert in the southern Netherlands, into a religious upper middle-class family. He was deeply religious as a young man and aspired to be a pastor, like his father. He was very emotional and he did not have a great deal… Read More Vincent van Gogh
REGRET is feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over something done or left undone. It comes from Old French regreter and Modern French regretter from re-, intensive prefix + –greter, possibly from some Germanic source (Old English grætan “to weep;”) REMORSE is a deep feeling of regret for an action deemed to be shameful, hurtful,… Read More Regrets & Remorse
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