Life will go faster than you know. It will be tempting to live a life that impresses others. But this is the wrong path. The right path is to know that life is short, every day is a gift, and you have certain gifts. Happiness is about understanding that the gift of life should be honored every day by offering your gifts to the world. Don’t let

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"You've had success in life if you have lived decently, laughed frequently, and loved a lot; won the respect of clever men and the love of children; filled out your place and accomplished your tasks.

If you have left the world a better place than you found it, perhaps in the form of an improved strain of poppy, a perfect poem, or a saved soul.

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The process of becoming yourself is not a corporate desk job, and it is not homework, and it is not an unticked box languishing on a to-do list. You do not have to treat your flaws like action items that must be systematically targeted and eliminated in order to receive a return on investment. You have no supervisor; you should not be punished when

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He filled it with light. With joy. With this unshakable optimism that can only come from a man who knows, in his bones, that he lived full-throttle. That he gave more than he took. That he mattered.

And if you ask me, that’s the whole game right there. Use your gifts. Help people level up. Leave the world a little better than you found it.