Sweet Daisies

Sweet Daisies

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Personal Missions

Sometimes our most thought provoking moments occur when we find time to record what we feel is the essence of our existence in a succinct statement.

Such statements can become our personal constitution - which is the framework for making our life-directing decisions.

I found my personal mission in the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson:
'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. This is to have succeeded'.

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