Friday, September 4, 2009

Success

This is something I have on my desk (along with papers and books piled three feet high). Although I don't believe it's an exhaustive list, I like what it says and want to share it with you.

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.
This is to have succeeded.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

2 comments:

  1. To smile with the absolute knowledge that God loves you and has placed guardian angel(s) all
    around you and He has made you His child if you
    truly are a Christian.

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  2. I agree. Our biggest success isn't measured by what we have become but whose we have become. I would love to hear other's ideas of successful living added to this list.

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