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bugica | family session

to laugh often and much;

to win the respect of the 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 beauty in others;

to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;

to know that one life has breathed easier because you lived here.

this is to have succeeded.

  • ralph waldo emerson