life
The other day, I was with my grandparents after graduating college. I was opening cards that I had received, while some of my family was congratulating me. My grandfather leans over to me, and says, “you know I never went to college or got any degrees” he then looks over at my grandma and he scans the room with his tearing eyes and says, “but I raised a hell of a family” And that was all his said, and he went back to talking to my uncle. I could have cried, it was, don’t know, just a beautiful moment.
And it got me thinking, the only true way to measure the success of a man, is through his happiness with his life. Money, fame, houses, college degrees, means nothing if you are 78 years old and are unhappy with the way things went. At the end of the day, what we are made of are our family and friends. The impact we make on their lives is our significance, our legacy, and our success.
That’s all.
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