## Highlights But when you want to gain *love* through success, it cannot be achieved through anything quantifiable. The people that will be crying when you depart the world are not doing so because of any number that is tied to your name. They are doing so because you were a loving partner, a caring friend, or a shepherd of kindness. **You are dearly missed not because of what you’ve earned, but because of what you represented.** ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j8vh87mt67vr6ze0j0wm4628)) - 💭 hard having versus being mode, a state is devastating since it disappears