ole’ RWE

To laugh often and much:
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affrection 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
wheaterh by a healthy child,
a garden patch,
or a redemed social condition;
to know even one life has breathed
easier because you lived.
This is to have succeeded.

-RALPH WALDO EMERSON-