How to Succeed

The Organ Mountains of New Mexico

" 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 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 lived.

This  is  to  have  succeeded."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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