Clinton

Success

To laugh often and love all
To win the respect of intelligent people
And the affection of children
To discover the best in others
To create equality
and a future where injustice ceases to exist
To leave the world a bit better
Whether by feeding a child,
Sanitizing a lake, or redeeming a social condition
To be the best person you can be
To know even one soul has breathed easier
because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.

[Written by Clinton Wong, attributed to Elisabeth-Anne Anderson Stanley’s poem “Success”]