A Measure of 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, or a redeemed social condition:

To know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson