OUT LOOK

To be poor is not shameful; it is to be poor and to have no high aspirations that is shameful.

To hold a lowly position is not dreadful; it is to hold a lowly position and not improve your ability that is dreadful.

Getting old is not lamentable; it is getting old and having wasted your life that is lamentable.

To die is not a sad thing; it is to die without anyone knowing you that is really sad.

(Chinese Proverb)