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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Because You Have Lived

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 have lived.

That is to have succeeded .......

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

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