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 apperciate beauty to find the best
in others
to leave the world a bit
better
whether by a heathy
child
a garden patch or a redeemed social condition
to know even one life has breathed easier
because YOU have
lived
this it to have
succeeded
~Ralph Waldo Emerson