What is Success?

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;
This is to have succeeded.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hanging on the wall

at Mr. H.'s aunt and uncle's home

in Montana.:-)

illustration courtesy of www.allposters.com

"Sacagawea with Lewis and Clark During Their Expedition 0f 1804-1806"

by Newell Convers Wyeth