Monday, February 1, 2010

Success


Success is Successful Living

Success to each one of us might have a different meaning.The meaning might also change at different stages of life.When we are studying or pursuing an education building our career, success might mean passing examinations with distinctions. After, we have achieved it, success might mean getting a job or a career. Once we are settled in a job, growing to a top position might mean success for us.
Once, we build a family, success of children in their studies and careers gives us a feeling of being successful.
However, I particularly like the definition: "Success is in fact successful living and successful living is having a long period of happiness, health and joy in life, during our stay on this earth". It is so true too. All successful people on this earth had these attributes , they were happy, they were healthy and they were joyful i.e. had lot of energy, passion and enthusiasm.Interestingly, this definition is true for all stages of life:childhood,youth or old age.
If we lose any of these, while pursuing goals of life at any stage, there will be two things that will happen. One the achievement of goal itself will become more difficult then what it could have been, requiring extra efforts, energy and time on our part.Secondly, even if we ultimately achieve the goal, the joy of achievement might not be there. In reality, the very purpose of achievement, might get defeated.
The ultimate objective of life is to be happy and this remains a pursuit at all stages of life.Also, healthy people are happy people and happy people are healthy people. Health and happiness are thus, interdependent and can not exist without each other. There are numerous examples all around us, when all the riches of the world becomes meaningless without good health.
Joyful existence on this earth only justifies living. Energy, Passion and bubbling Enthusiasm fill up a joyful life and are a must to give our best for pursuing any challenging goal.