Ralph Waldo Emerson - Quotation

4/14/11.

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 to

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.

This poem resonates with the life of my Uncle George Horwich (1924 - 2008)