Oct 14, 2003 20:40
"to laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the apprecication 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... to know even one life has breathed easier because you lived.This is to have succeeded! -Emerson
...that is on a magnet in the Paton’s kitchen. I have seen it every time I have babysat there, but never read it until tonight. It made me think., more about good and bad traits. I thought about different situations that have been going on lately. And how I have seen things in people I really didn’t want to see. So I made a list of like 20 friends and wrote all the good traits and things about them as a I could. That really helped. We often look and pick out that bad things because well they are the easiest to find. So yeah I made my list. Im going to keep it and look back at it, and add more. I also made a list of my bad traits, that also helps. It actually depressing to see it written down on paper.
Today was good. Even though you probably don’t feel the same about me, you made my day! thanks