My Definition of Success

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What is success?
To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest crtics and endure the betrayl of flase 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.

Ralph Waldo Emerson --

I define success by how much I am able to be of service to others. Public service is the most honorable profession! You might be a police officer in Nebraska or a nurse in Canada; a mayor in South Africa or a council person in England; a custodian at a nonprofit in Australia or a secretary for a city in Zimbabwe; a teacher in Alabama or a college student preparing for public service in Ohio -- regardless of where and what, public service is an honorable profession!

But the shine of an honorable career can be easily tarnished by the temptations of the post-modern culture. The world tells us to defi...

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