In Our Hearts

To laugh often and love much,
To win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children;
To earn the approbation of honest critics,
To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others;
To give one’s self;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.

Ralph Waldo Emerson