“The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, philosopher, poet and orator.

Whether she realized it or not, my Mother was an Emerson advocate. Her constant advice to me in anything I did was “Do your best.” She instilled in me the innate feeling of worth from doing something to the best of one’s ability.

Thanks, Mom. Thanks, Mr. Emerson.

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