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 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

陳采霞譯

　　成功是什麼？ 

　　笑口常開，愛心永在， 

　　贏得智者的尊重， 

　　孩子們的愛戴； 

　　博得真誠的認可， 

　　容忍損友的背叛； 

　　欣賞美好的東西， 

　　發現別人的可愛。 

　　學會無私地奉獻， 

　　給世界增添光彩： 

　　要培育出健康的孩子， 

　　要留下花園一塊， 

　　亦或是改善社會條件； 

　　盡情娛樂、笑得暢快， 

　　把歡樂的歌唱起來； 

　　甚至知道一個生命活得自在， 

　　因為你的一路走來…… 

　　這就是成功的內涵。

Dear BR,

Tonight I would like to share you the poem of " Success" written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and translated by  陳采霞 with my hand-made card.

I am a DIY lover and I did spend a great deal of money purchasing some meaningful stamps. Haha, do you see the card with the blessings of the poem and several footprints? Do you know my hidden blessings ?

Here come my sincere blessings.

Everything successful is fulfilled step by step.

Everything successful is achieved with whole-hearted efforts.

Everything successful is practiced with good deeds and good wills.

Everything successful is completed with persistence.