How is success measured? (54)
LighteningHuntsville, Alabama USA2,122 PostsMy idea of attaining success is when I am surrounded by my family and loved ones knowing that I can take care of them, that they never have to worry about a thing because I can and will always be there for them and keep them safe... Does that make sense? 
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makes perfect sense and well said 
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awwww!!
Don't hear that kind of thing very often!
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It seems we have different ideals of 'success', all very personal, and some daily, some lifelong, some reflected through our loved ones, some through our global village....
Thankyou all...I guess for me, success is mine for the taking, and it is about 'doing' that makes us successful.
And I am the measure of how my success looks....
Thankyou all...I guess for me, success is mine for the taking, and it is about 'doing' that makes us successful.
And I am the measure of how my success looks....
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neighbor kid used a broomed and was excited when his snowman was indeed bigger than the other neighbors kid.... yeah I agree success to everyone is different... ain't it cool
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Aaaawww....that is cool, thanks fireliter..
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Just for today I am successful If I have not harmed or hurt anyone, if I have given my all to the task in hand and have had the decency to truly listen to a fellow being by removing the cotton-wool from my ears and placing it into my mouth...
I have been successful if I have avoided all mind altering substances and managed to keep in check my desires to self-please. If I am able to look beyond me, the great I am, and have considered how my actions could affect another then I am nearing success.
If I have had the privilege to dry a persons tear, console a Child's anguish or feed a hungry person then I am honoured and am nearing success...
But, for me, it is only for today, tomorrow I will need to start again... for what I did yesterday or what I will do tomorrow will not give me the personal success that I desire just for today
I have been successful if I have avoided all mind altering substances and managed to keep in check my desires to self-please. If I am able to look beyond me, the great I am, and have considered how my actions could affect another then I am nearing success.
If I have had the privilege to dry a persons tear, console a Child's anguish or feed a hungry person then I am honoured and am nearing success...
But, for me, it is only for today, tomorrow I will need to start again... for what I did yesterday or what I will do tomorrow will not give me the personal success that I desire just for today
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Am breathless...speechless...humbled...thankyou Pete
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I can't find a ruler that big ;)
DAve
DAve
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Thanks for this thread Jess - it is a great contemplative subject, one that I must admit I reflect on every now and then.
In brief - There are the successes that I feel at a personal level, and successes one may experience when recognized (appreciated) by others.
I suppose I've learned for myself that success is in the eye of the beholder - there are relatively small successes I've fealt on a regular basis (eg. successful preparation of a new recipe, making it through another kick-boxing class without keeling over, etc.). There are life stage successes, such as setting a goal to earn a degree and meeting that goal, or attaining a specific job you have work hard to qualify for. Then there are relatively big successes that may only happen once or twice in a lifetime (eg. the culmination of years of work in shifting the direction of a specific area of medical research, or the standing ovation of a ballroom full of people in appreciation for your work, or any such event that recognizes your 'achievments').
I agree with what others have said, and that it has a lot to do with life being a journey in which one experiences a series of successes (and failures) along the way...and just being on the journey is a success in itself!
In brief - There are the successes that I feel at a personal level, and successes one may experience when recognized (appreciated) by others.
I suppose I've learned for myself that success is in the eye of the beholder - there are relatively small successes I've fealt on a regular basis (eg. successful preparation of a new recipe, making it through another kick-boxing class without keeling over, etc.). There are life stage successes, such as setting a goal to earn a degree and meeting that goal, or attaining a specific job you have work hard to qualify for. Then there are relatively big successes that may only happen once or twice in a lifetime (eg. the culmination of years of work in shifting the direction of a specific area of medical research, or the standing ovation of a ballroom full of people in appreciation for your work, or any such event that recognizes your 'achievments').
I agree with what others have said, and that it has a lot to do with life being a journey in which one experiences a series of successes (and failures) along the way...and just being on the journey is a success in itself!
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Yes, thank you.
I keep saying thankyou to everyone for I can hear it, what success means to others and how it affects them...it is almost intangible and ethereal, like smoke, and is measured so differently in scale.
For all of us.
I keep saying thankyou to everyone for I can hear it, what success means to others and how it affects them...it is almost intangible and ethereal, like smoke, and is measured so differently in scale.
For all of us.
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If it's a parrott, it sucks seed nearly every day
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My friend sent this to me and I really liked it...
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
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Am breathless...speechless...humbled...thankyou Pete
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