I personally live to make my parents proud. Every day, when I wake up, the thing in my head is that I have to make my parents proud. My parents have done so much for me that automatically I want to make them proud. So every day, my aim is to do something that my parents feel proud about. I want them to look at me with pride and say "we are proud to say that you are our daughter".

I live to see that smile in their eyes, when they see me with clear adoration.

And when I say that,

That is the best feeling in the world. Then believe me, it is.

And if you don't have your parents, that's okay. You can clearly so everything that you know would make your parents proud.

That is one of the things you should definitely live for. To make your parents proud. Even if they are not with you physically, always know that they are still with you, in your heart.