Everyone Must Leave Something Behind.

[jones jones]

"Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you’re there. It doesn’t matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that’s like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime."

— Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

[Clodhopper]

Great lines. Especially great opening lines. General comment about the great raft of stuff you've been posting.

[Lady J]

Jj as always...

Success by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

To laugh often and much;

to win the respect of intelligent people and

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.

[Clodhopper]

lady J: Nail on head. Beautiful stuff:

True AND words made original by the way they are put.

Wow.

[Lady J]

don't thank me....thank Waldo Emerson!

glad you liked it Clodhopper!!