Success

What is success?

To laugh often and much;

To win the respect of intelligent people

and the 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;

That is to have succeeded.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson~