Success

People around always talk about success. It often deals with a good job, a high salary, a nice car, and a beautiful house. We who already have a principal that a success is not just a matter of money sometimes feel lose the direction. We sometimes feel desperate about our jobs, study, carrier, and life. We sometimes feel that we haven’t success yet because we haven’t built our own house or even given money for our parents.  We feel stuck by a certain condition. We don’t have any ideas what should we do. We claimed ourselves that we’d failed and useless.  But, before you sunk deeper, you’d better read this following poem that have just gave me a fresh air and a new perspective about a success.

Success

To laugh often and to love much

To win the respect of 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 the best in others

To leave the world a bit better

Whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition

To know even one life has breathed easier

Because you have lived

This is to have succeeded

(Elisabeth-Anne Anderson Stanley)

Translation in Bahasa by Kak Yenny Saputri

Sukses

Sering tertawa dan banyak mencintai

Memperoleh penghormatan dari mereka yang pandai

Dan memperoleh kasih sayang dari anak-anak

Mendapatkan apresiasi dari pengkritik yang jujur

Dan mampu bertahan dari pengkhianatan teman palsu

Menghargai keindahan

Menemukan yang terbaik dari siapa pun

Mewariskan hal yang lebih baik untuk dunia

Apakah itu anak yang sehat, sepetak kebun hijau,

Atau kondisi sosial yang lebih baik

Mengetahui setidaknya ada satu jiwa yang bernapas lebih mudah karena Anda

Itulah kesuksesan

Office, 31 January 2015