March 28, 2024
On n'est jamais si heureux ni si malheureux qu'on s'imagine.
(We are never as happy or as unhappy as we imagine.)
(We are never as happy or as unhappy as we imagine.)
The Boston Globe’s editors and I agreed in December 2015 that Reflection for the Day will no longer appear in the newspaper, ending a 32-year run since the feature was launched by visionary Boston Globe editor Thomas Winship. I will continue to publish the Reflections on this website every day, including most Sundays, into 2016 and beyond. To my many regular print readers through the years I extend deep gratitude and warm wishes for the New Year. —Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, Jr.