This short poem wishes the reader to have enough happiness, trials, hope, failure, success, friends, enthusiasm, and determination to keep them sweet, strong, happy, humble, eager, comforted, looking forward, and continuously improving each day. It conveys the sentiment that these things are important for living a good, meaningful life.

1. May you have enough
happiness to keep you sweet,
Que Deus lhe conceda
felicidade para mantê-lo doce,

2. Trials to keep
you strong,
Provações que
o mantenham
fortes,

3. Hope to keep you happy Esperança que o mantenha feliz,

4. Failure to keep
you humble,
fracassos que o
mantenham
humilde,

5. Success to keep
you eager,
Sucessos que o
mantenham
determinado,

6. Friends to give you comfort, amigos que o consolem,

7. enthusiasm to look forward,
entusiasmo para olhar para o
futuro,

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And determination
enough to make each
day better than
yesterday.
E coragem suficiente
para fazer cada
dia melhor que o
anterior.
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