What is a noble life?
Art may bring pleasure
and not affect our daily lives.
Business may affect our daily lives,
and not the lives of the next generation.
Academia may change the next generation,
and miss touching the hearts of the living.
Service may touch the hearts of the living,
and miss the hearts of the deserving poor
Charity may help the deserving poor,
and not improve their society.
Politics may change society
and not change the soul.
What is a noble life?
Maybe it is appreciation
by many or few
of the impact you've made,
great or small,
whether they know it or not.
or maybe you decide.