do you change your definition with time?

do you like i define survival as success?


for me its really that my kids are well ajusted

that is my definition of success

they are so great actually

they are my success



what about

you?

Happiness and a fulfilling life - professionally and personally.

And to love and to be loved by those around you - family and friends.

To treat your fellow human beings with dignity, respect, kindness and compassion - the very basic tenets of life that ALL human beings deserve.

Money is NO indicator of success, in my opinion. I have known too many wealthy people through the years that are miserable human beings.

Just IMHO.....

cubic61052 said:

i dont know you but

you are a most sage soul

with words of truth

Now the shallow part: right now, at this very moment, success would be keeping myself from eating that high-calorie, nice, big, fat burger I crave for my lunch today!



Oh, and a chocolate milk shake, too!

(P.S. I have not eaten red meat in years, but still crave it every now and then!)

the other side of the coin is self knowledge

not quite so obtainable

concouring fear and facing freedom

learning from personal pratfals and stopping the

groundhog effect of life




this is one of my true goals to define

success

We're better off avoiding excuses. It's not uncommon that I believe I'm in some huge 'transitional phase' and things will be different once I climb the top of my next personal mountain. It's silly. When aren't we in transition? I don't know about anyone else, but I seem to constantly believe I've still got a fair amount of struggling and suffering/anguish to experience before I actually get anywhere. It makes no sense. Nothing makes sense.

Emotional S&M.

maintaining my relationships & providing for my family.

everything elses flows from that (career, outlook, approach, religion)

i'm not bothered about longevity.

INSATIABLE said:

shausler said:

That doesn't make sense.

INSATIABLE said:

and the door bust open wide
and my daddy stepped inside
and he kissed my mommas face
and he wiped her tears away

shausler said:

Alice in Wonderland.
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shausler said:

Agree w/u on the kids. Mine r babies and I worry and pray 4 them everyday.

I also define success as happiness.....and a clean floor!
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INSATIABLE said:

the night chicago died

You know JerseKRS's threads? Well, it's anything but that.







Sorry folks, I figure I'd give the term "Success" the Toa of P.ORG treatment. Like a sculpture chipping alway the bits of stone that are NOT part of the final product to reveal his art.


I'm stretching

the look in my childrens eyes when they accomplish something they set out to do



then i know i have truely been successful

My definition of success has changed a lot. I am not striving for success anymore, but happiness. When I was at school I was very focused and "sucessful" and everybody thought that my career would be everything for me. But at the second day of my final exams my aunt who had raised me like a mother had a heart attack and it wasn't sure if she survived. My father was very ill at that time as well in fact he had been since I was little. The next 4 days of my exams were like a nightmare for me, I did most of them crying, but I still managed to do the best exams of my class. But my attitude of life changed these days and my real goal from that time onward was to survive all the fear and pain I was going through and focus on the beautiful things in life and not on a career or money, but on spending time with people you love as long as you can and just enjoy life. So I might not be as successful in life like I could have been according to many people's definition of success, but at least I am more happy and that's all that counts for me .

shausler said:

What a nerd. I meant you're Alice in Wonderland, personified.

But now that I've had lunch, I retract said statement.
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Being happy.

ps) love the avvie, Steve.

Cloudbuster said:

May I..... 'take your temperature'?

INSATIABLE said:

You've got a minute before I self-destruct.

I will consider myself successful when I am finally satisfied with everything I have done, meaning I will believe that all the mistakes I made, etc. were worth it to get to the point I am at now, which I should also be happy with. I wonder if I confuse people much?

Cloudbuster said:

Too late!

Why does this always happen to me?



.
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Success and degrees of success depends on what ones expectations are....

I would rather not try to define success







unsuccessful post edit..
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shausler said:

I love you!

and if any of your kids will turn out to be like you, you have good reason to be proud

Success: an obession statis of the mind that leads to unhealthy idealistic mental desires that do not improve the human condition.

Success: Truly doing the will of God, not imposing your will as God's so that you can feel you are doing "good/right".

Success: achieving the highest goals that a human can.

Success: overcomming the animalistic nature of the monkey to become a better creature.