From “Success”
By Bessie Anderson Smith (personalized*)
She has achieved success
who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much;
who has enjoyed the trust of good women,
the respect of intelligent men.
And the love of little children;
who has filled her niche and accomplished her task;
who has left the world better than she found it, whether by
a beautiful garden, or a thoughtful kindness, or through
her quiet strength;
who has never lacked an appreciation of Nature or failed to express it;
who has always looked to help others and give them the best she had;
whose life was an inspiration;
whose memory is a benediction…. That
“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
In this way, Patti has succeeded countless times.