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 the 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!
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be evaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in. For get them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. The new day is too dear, with hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.
- Topic: Affirmation, Optimism
- Location: Lake Tahoe
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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