EMERSON’S SUCCESS

 

 
 

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 have lived~~~~

This is to have succeeded.

 
 

        RALPH WALDO EMERSON

On Disappointment

The challenge of the day is to understand why a close friend has been non-responsive to my reach-out. On the one hand, I can give the benefit of a doubt and assume the message was not received. If proved that my assumption is accurate, then there's no problem. Yet I really do not think that the safest assumption which then leaves the prospect of a deliberate decision not to respond. Surely a rason exist but I do not know it. Perhaps she's just giving me a taste of my own medicine as I too have tried to create distance by not always being available. Who's to say she is not as disappointed as me. Bottom line—some distance needs to exist during this transitory time we're in but not when I need a word of encouragement to get me through those days when I weaken and just want a simple "How ya doin?".