What Is Success?
To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and
the affection of children;
To earn the approbation 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, or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived —
This is to have succeeded.
If this seems a bit cliché, please forgive me—but this week, I’m celebrating the prospect of leaving the world a bit better through my own newborn healthy child!
I wish you much success, in whatever form it takes.
Insight by: Unknown. But not Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Congratulations on the birth of your child! And thank you for sharing this classic. Sometimes we need to be reminded.
I randomly came across this read, and it instantly made me happy :)
Congratulations!