Here is an oldie but goodie, SuperForest. With all the well-wishes and exchange of hopes for a “successful” new year, I figured it was a good a time as any to remind you of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s fab definition of the word itself; a definition SuperForest definitely tries to live by.
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; that is to have succeeded.
Love to you all. Hope 2010 is more successful than ever.
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A definition of “SuperForesty” would read similarly.
Wow! So this post has resonated with me for a while and I love the quote. I wanted to share it with a friend so I did a google search and discovered that…
“This quote is almost certainly not from Emerson, though it is often attributed to him. I have never been able to find it in any of Emerson’s writings, nor has anyone else to my knowledge (and plenty of people have been looking). As of now, it seems that the quote may be traceable to a 1905 publication by a Bessie Stanley. Apparently, in a collection of quotations on “success,” her poem appeared on the facing page from a quotation which was from Emerson. Perhaps the mistaken attribution began when someone copied the source inaccurately from that collection.”
via http://www.transcendentalists.com/success.htm