What is Success?

**forestdale** · 03-06-2004, 07:19 PM

To laugh often and love much;
To win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children;
To earn the approval of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;
To give of one's self without the slightest thought of return;
To have accomplished a task, whether by a healthy child, a rescued soul, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;
To have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exaltation;
To know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;
This is to have succeeded.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

**guest2** · 03-06-2004, 07:23 PM

Bethany,
Thank you so much for posting this. It really touched my heart!

**Darlene** · 03-06-2004, 07:33 PM

I have the quote~Live well~love often~love much in my siggy. I believe that.
Life can be such high if you just open yourself and look & live with this in mind.
Ups & downs happen (I've had my share) but how you look at things & deal with them makes your life rich or poor.
Live well, laugh often and love much my friends, the world is at your door. Enjoy!