“If I should die before I wake”

“What would it take for you to die happy?” someone asked me earlier this week. Here is my answer:


I would die happy if I left the world a little better than it started … even just a tiny bit.

I would die happy if I left something behind worth remembering.

I would die happy if I didn’t die alone.

I would die happy if someone loved me.

I would die happy if I treated everyone in my life with respect – including me.

I would die happy if I lived with integrity.

I would die happy if I learned to live.