I’ve been doing a lot of soul searching, business planning, life planning, and all around thinking lately. The one question that keeps popping up is, “What does success mean to me?”. Β My answer changes daily. Sometimes I think success will be when I can buy myself that dreamy black Beamer. Somedays I think it’s when I can take my family on at least 3 amazing vacations a year (have I mentioned I love to travel?!). Other days it’s when I’m making X per year. Success means something different to everyone. I’m starting to believe that success isn’t the end of the road but the road we travel to get there.
I read this great Ralph Waldo Emerson quote on my friend’s Facebook page tonight as he remembered his late father who passed away 2 years ago. He said that this quote was very much his father. My thoughts go out to my friend and his family. I can only hope that my family feels this way about me when I am gone.
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.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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