To Have Succeeded
Posted on October 06, 2004 in personal.
I often get tagged with smile cards. Today, we got an anonymous card in the mail, whose top cover read:
Top cover: 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... to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded! --Emerson
I always smile when I get a smile card. Thank you to whoever it was.