Success is not a bundle of cash. Success is not an exotic vacation. These things are wonderful, no doubt. To me, the simplest definition of success in life is living in the ‘present’, savoring the ‘now’- to come alive to this awesome yet fragile experience that we call ‘life’.
What’s a sunrise worth? What is the value of a child’s laughter? In contemporary terms, ‘success’ is defined merely by bank balance. Many are born ‘unsuccessful’ and will remain so for the interval of their lives and the so-called ‘successful’ lounge in luxury looking down upon those who have not succeeded. They label the unsuccessful as lethargic, stupid or incompetent. Somehow, when it comes to success, what people generally want is that they are above the rest—right
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Many people have joined us, and many we stepped upon to ‘succeed’. Have we not taken credit for an assignment that was not finished by us? Have we not taken a 45-minute lunch-break when we’re allowed only 30 minutes? Aren’t we working for companies that we know are delivering low class services or products? At whose cost have we gained our success? If it’s at someone else’s cost, can it be called …show more content…
When we at finally get approval from the director, or the acclaim from our instructor, or the profound respect from the colleague, to what extent does it last? Pretty much as much time as it takes us to get in the car and commute home. After our "success" party, we fall into bed and are most likely already panicking about how we will certainly ‘fail’ next time and about how this time may have been a sheer stroke of luck. Maybe, the brain will run pictures of how we've truly "made" it, sometimes we begin to evoke the up coming expectations and feel frustrated from all the anxiety and stress that is to come. You see; the brain will distract again on the most proficient method to keep the acclaim and the appreciation. It's difficult to clutch those splendid moments we spend all our energies attempting to 'get', if somewhere deep within, we don’t feel worthy of them in the first place. Which is why we are still trying everything we can think of—unendingly, interminably, perpetually—to keep the kudos