What Does Success Mean to You?

Some days ago this question hit my inbox and caught me thinking and reflecting upon it. Were you ever asked this same question? Have you ever stopped to think about it? Or have you ever allowed yourself to stop for a few minutes and reflect about it?

When I was reflecting about this same question, others came up to my mind and some thoughts were being formed in my heart as well. Today’s world invites us each and every moment to achieve more than we had already achieved, to buy even more than we had already bought and, to own more than we have ever considered!

Success for me means much more of what the world has been preaching to all of us. It does not resonate with what some gurus have been trying to convince us all about it. Success for me is the ability of getting to know myself more and more, being able to work on my inner emotions, feelings and thoughts. It is also the ability of self-knowledge intersecting with my relationships. It is the capacity of identifying my inner wishes and goals. It is the power of keeping up with my own boundaries in life and relate to people around me. It is the commitment of truly building a relationship with God and get to know His ways, love and grace towards myself.

Success for me is to embrace my story of life by honoring it and to identify what should be changed, improved, cleaned out to allow my own maturity. It is all about live the present moment, while I look to the future. It is feeling God’s presence and power of life by admiring mother nature, being touched by a cold breeze and be surprised by a tiny and gorgeous butterfly passing by. It is to learn who God says I am and who He is. It is taking advantage of each and every step of life, enjoying the journey and embracing the processes. It is all about living, not surviving. Learning and being, not having.

What about you: what does success truly mean to you?