What is success?

To laugh often and love much.

To win respect of intelligent people 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 oneself, 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 know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.

This is to have succeeded.

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