On Success

Success: To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of young 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 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

- Ralph Waldo Emerson


I wonder if I have achieved a modicum of Success?