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 me in; my name is Hope.”
MORTAL:
“And mine is Failure; you but mock the life you seek to bless. Pass on.”
THE NEW YEAR:
“Nay, open wide the door; I am Success.”
MORTAL:
“But I am ill and spent with pain; too late has come your wealth. I cannot use it.”
THE NEW YEAR:
“Listen, friend; I am Good Health.”
MORTAL:
“Now, wide I fling my door. Come in, and your fair statements prove.”
THE NEW YEAR:
“But you must open, too, your heart, for I am Love.”
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (New Year: A Dialogue 1910)
Hopeful
Wonderful post!
Just the dialogue that is needed in 2017.
A beautiful and wonderful dialogue to commence the new year.Thank you for sharing!Wish you a very Happy New Year!
What a beautiful poem- thank you for sharing. Uplifting as we enter the new year.
Have a safe start to 2017 and I wish you the best … and thank you for all your support of my website the last couple years!
I always read what you write. You make me laugh, you make me think…not necessarily in that order. 🙂
Have a healthy and happy New Year!
Enjoyed!
Happiest New Year my dear friend! I look forward to 2017 with you! 🍷🎊🎈🎉🎆💃
Cindy, I wish you a very happy New Year as well. I am glad we met and I can’t wait to go back to CA when we will have the reunion. I do hope we will be able to meet, if you are not too far away from LA.
Good cheer, hope, success, good health, love … all wonderful blessings to start the new year <3
I try so hard to be hopeful, it is not easy.
It’s been a challenging time for optimists. Let’s show 2017 what we’re made of!! Rrrrrrrr! 🙂