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In the discussion (over proper acceditation to the authors of common quotes and sayings) that ensued after my last post, I found some interesting reading by backtracking at one of the links left by LindaC.  At the end of the piece, the author of that page offered up a wonderful explanation of the meaning of success.  Not having any information as to who the author of this new piece was, and having just finished writing a piece explaining how a logical conclusion of whether Bessie Stanley or Ralph Waldo Emerson authored the piece about success commonly credited to Emerson, the author of the page quips that perhaps Emerson “authored” this piece too.

I don’t care much who did. I just find it entertaining. Enjoy!

At age 4, success is…not peeing in your pants.
  At age 12, success is…having friends.
    At age 16, success is…having a driver’s license.
      At age 20, success is…having sex.
        At age 35, success is…having money.
          At age 40, success is…finding meaning & purpose to life.
          At age 45, success is…finding meaning & purpose to life.
        At age 50, success is…having money.
      At age 60, success is…having sex.
    At age 70, success is…having a driver’s license.
  At age 75, success is…having friends.
At age 80, success is…not peeing in your pants.

I hope each of you is a huge success, no matter what age you are.