Happiness ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happiness
 

 Ralph Waldo Emerson
 

 Are you seeking for greatness, O brother of mine,
 As the full, fleeting seasons and years glide away?
 If seeking directly and for self alone,
 The true and abiding you never can stay.
 But all self forgetting, know well the law,
 It's the hero, and not the self-seeker, who's crowned.
 Then go lose your life in the service of others,
 And, lo! with rare greatness and glory 'twill abound.