To laugh often and much
to win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children
to earn the appriciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends
to appriciate 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 condtion
to know that even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived
This is to have succeeded

Ralph Waldo Emerson