Life's Work Poem by Elena Plotkin

Life is great, so it is difficult to figure out if you don't focus on things. Thanks.

Death's Balance has no scratches

had went? ? i certainly think that some of the quantities you listed could be used to measure, in part, a person's life's work, or a person's life. ===================================== IF I WERE TO MODIFY THE QUESTION TO ASK.............HOW DOES ONE MEASURE THE worth OF A PERSON'S LIFE'S WORK (or the 'worth' of a person's LIFE) ? ...............i would pick these from the list: by the volume or decibels of the applause.........[[depending on who is doing the applauding! and why.]] by the number of shouts of ohs and ahs ......[[again depending on who is making the 'ohs' and 'ahs' AND why]] by the number of thanks that was said......[[ ditto the above; BUT sometimes people don't get thanked when they deserve thanks]] by the amount of joy that they have spread.......[[I HOPE SO! ]] by how little they have had to regret ..............[[depends on the circumstances]] by how much they have had to sweat..................[[could well be; it could be physical or emotional sweat]] by how much time they had spent........[[again, depends on the circumstances]] by how far they had went ............[[i assume you mean went in maturing, succeeding, etc.; this would be highly variable, but could be useful in measuring worth]] by how many kilos or pounds they had schlepped ....[[could have some bearing; circumstances again; to convert kilos to pounds, divide by about 2.2]] by how many people and animals they had helped........[[to me, this is a 'biggie'; helping does not always take a lot of time or money or physical or mental labor; i'm assuming help implies improving the quality of one's life without breaking laws (for the most part) ]] [[of course it is not just the number of those helped that is important, but also how much 'improvement' has been achieved]] by how many others they had inspired......[[inspiring others to do good works or to help themselves is a nice touch, but is not always going to happen]] by how many friends and fans they acquired......[[at first this may seem not a good measure of worth, but it certainly could be]] [[again, it depends on the circumstances]] by the amount of obstacles they had to overcome....[[could be considered a factor, though i might not have thought about it]] by the amount of good they had done..... [[this seems to be a 'no-brainer'; does anyone disagree? ]] by how much they gave rather than they took .......[[well, i think the old saying it is better to give than to receive is a useful rule, especially if one is talking about the flu. just kidding! to say receive sounds better than took, but i would not say it is necessarily bad to take, especially if something was offered before being taken]] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Is there really any way to measure a person's life's work? I'M OPEN TO SUGGESTION. thanks, elena, for 'giving'. i was not too proud to 'take'. bri :)