A thought to remember...

As he sits on his bed he thinks what is success?

The word success has different meanings to different people. Today i will discuss just a few thoughts about success. Measuring success is really difficult to do, perceiving success is even harder given there are so many choices one has in this world. Hence, the following:

• Sitting out on the side walk outside his house, this young boy thinks about what he wants to do in life. "Something that leads to a lot of money" he says as he takes a puff of his cancer stick. He looks up into the sky and thinks of all the problems he is having and successfully links all of them to lack of money. His mind is set... Success = Money+Bunglows+Cars+Swiss bank accounts+contacts in the government.

• Awaiting his results for high school, a young boy calculates his chances of success. To him success means just that moment of happiness where he is able to see the smiles on his parents face as a sign of "a job well done son"

• A young man walks down a crowded street and bumps into a blind man... He starts thinking about who is better off a man who can see the world and hates it or a man who can not see the world and only lives with a perception of the world told to him by others. This thought follows him to the result booth where he asks a question: "What is success?" Is success dependent on what others accomplish or is it dependent on what makes you happy. He further attaches his dreams to the result he got and measures success accordingly.

• A young man standing outside his house with his drink in one hand and his cancer stick in the other tries to answer the question: "Am i successful?" His question is analyzed by himself and the results generated are as follows: Two degrees, a job, investments in countries, a secure future for his family, knowledgeable about the world, a path of what he wants to do in life, and his health. "I think there is something more i am missing out" he says as he looks up into the sky...

Measuring success based on your own goals can be difficult. The goals and steps set by you to reach great heights can at times cause problems as you approach them... Happiness is where you dont take stress and repeat the mantra "I control my mind and my life and not the other way around" The results are great.... trust me.