What is Success?

Success is speaking words of praise
In cheering other people's ways,
In doing just the best you can
In every task and every plan.

It's silence when your speech would hurt,
Politeness when your neighbor's curt.
It's deafness when the scandal flows
And sympathy with other's woes.

It's loyalty when duty calls;
It's courage when disaster falls;
It's patience when the hours are long;
It's found in laughter and in song.

It's in the silent time of prayer,
In happiness and in despair.
In all of life and nothing less,
We find the thing we call success.

-Doris M. Hugh

The Power Of A Word

A careless word may kindle strife;
A cruel word may wreck a life.
A bitter word may hate instill;
A brutal word may smite and kill.
A gracious word may smooth the ways;
A joyous word may light the day.
A timely word may lessen stress;
A loving word may heal and bless.

The Characteristics of the Happiest People

The happiest people are rarely the richest, or the most beautiful,

or even the most talented.
Happy people do not depend on excitement and "fun" supplied
by externals.
They enjoy the fundamental, often very simple, things of life.
They waste no time thinking other pastures are greener; they do
not yearn for yesterday or tomorrow.
They savour the moment, glad to be alive, enjoying their work, their
families, the good things around them.
They are adaptable; they can bend with the wind, adjust to the changes
their times, enjoy the contests of life, and feel themselves in harmony
with the world.
Their eyes are turned outward; they are aware, compassionate.
They have the capacity to LOVE.