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One Father's Day years ago, I got my dad a wall plaque with the following:
Success
Bessie Anderson Stanley (1904)
"He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much;
who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;
who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;
who has left the world better than he found it whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued soul;
who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it;
who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had;
whose life was an inspiration;
whose memory a benediction."
We all suck. Your surgeon friend probably thought he sucked in ways that were not apparent to you. If he didn't, then his life was not worth living.
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Live now-pay later. Diner's Club!
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