Success

Success is defined in many ways from different perspectives. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote one definition I enjoy contemplating. It follows.

"To laugh often and love much;

to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children;

to earn the approbation of honest critics and to 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 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."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy Birthday to my sweet sister in law, Annette.

She is one who succeeds! You'd think so too!

Love, Rachel