What is succes?

To laugh often and much
to win the repect 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 healty 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 succeded

Ralph Waldo Emerson