Yesterday at church the question was asked "How do you define success"! After what seemed like forever, a few answers came and I put emphasis on FEW lol. All of which were what seemed to be answers everyone thought the pastor wanted to hear. When in reality how many of us have ever given much thought to the question. Although I can almost guarantee we'd wished it! Almost everyone says they want success but what do you actually know about it! Do you even know what success means to you? Have you spent the time to see what it'll take to get there? We sit back and look at the signers, actors, pastors, models, millionaires and so forth and we say we want success! Everyone just wants to be successful! But what does that success look like to you? Is it getting your dream car? Or maybe success means having your dream job or a huge house? Maybe success to you is having all the money you need.
The dictionary defines success as: 1. the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals. 2. the attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like. Isn't it ironic that even the worlds definition doesn't even define success as being wealthy or your position until the second definition? It is nothing more than accomplishing a goal!
If your defining your success by money, possessions or once your reach a certain position ask yourself this question: how much really is enough? You cant predict the future nor can you plan for every financial 'burden' that may come across, so in that sense how do you know what enough looks like? The truth behind the matter is that the human is a 'needy' being! We naturally are not satisfied! You will always want the bigger or better something! We will never be fully satisfied through money, cars, houses or the like!
There must be more to life than things! There must be more to success than money and materialistic things that will fade away. If you ask me I have two beliefs on success. First of all, I believe the ultimate peek of success that point of "there is nothing else I can do" will be reached once I see my name in the Book of Life! Until then I am nothing but a spiritual being, trapped here on earth trying to fight this battle called life! Trying to kill myself daily and obey God! I say that is the ultimate success because if I reach the end and don't get that what in life really mattered? Once I die, that is all that will matter so why not make that the ultimate now?
With that being said I also believe that life is a series of small successes! Things that you overcome as you go through each stage of your life. For me, my "success goal" changes just about every season, and for this one it happens to be 'loving me'! Once I can learn me, who I am, love me and not be molded into what people want me to be or think I should be I will be successful in that area! Even then I am not done! I will have something else I'll want to work on, pursue or work towards! So in that sense, success is just a continual mountain with small mountains along the way!
Success is more than what you have thought of! Success is more than what the world says it is! Success is loving yourself! Success is living when you've wanted to die! Success is moving beyond hurt, depression, sorrow, tears, fear, etc. Success is waking up and praising God when everything in your life is falling apart! Success is a single mother leading and upholding her family with God at the for front. Success is giving in midst of your lack! Success is overcoming when all the odds are stacked against you! Success is going to school, getting a job, making something of your life, etc when all you've grown up around was drugs, guns, gangs, etc. Success is not being a statistic. Success is choosing to make your own beat instead of dancing to someones! Success is not falling into peer pressure! Success is standing up and say no! You can be successful in your everyday decisions! You can be a success everyday you choose to be! The choice is yours!
"Money NEVER made anyone rich"
"Happiness is a choice not a response"
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