Success?

What is Success?

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 path, or a redeemed social

condition;

To have played and laughed with

enthusiasm and sung with exultation;

To know that even one life has breathed

easier because you have lived;

This is to have succeeded.

~ Anonymous