A few friends and I have been talking about aging lately, about meaning and shortness of time and so forth. And then I ran into this quote in a magazine that seems appropriate to what we've been feeling.
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. That is to have succeeded.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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