Success

To laugh often and much
to win the respect of intelligent people
and affection of children
to earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends
to appreciate beauty
to find the best in others
to leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child,
a garden patch,
or a redeemed social condition
to know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived

This is to have succeeded

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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