What Is Success?

How I define success…

What is success? If someone would look in the dictionary, they will find success as a favorable or desired outcome, the attainment of wealth, favor, or eminence. After moments of thoughts they will be convinced that the question is not an easy one to answer. We always hear people talking about successful persons, but we never know what they mean by it? If someone has houses, land, has large bank accounts, and has many apparent friends is accounted successful. If someone has a loving family but does not have a large bank account, does this mean he/she is not successful…? Many of the most enduring and satisfying forms of success has nothing do with acquiring power, wealth, or fame. Some people believe that only money defines success. Money can buy apparent aspect, but first we must know what success is. Having money is good, of course, but is money the only source of success? Of course not! Success is having good friends, a happy family, and good health.

Having a successful life does not necessarily mean being rich and famous, but rather being content with the decisions that have made in your life. Prominent people, for example, have a lot of money, big houses, and tons of expensive cars but may not be successful in their life. A real example is Phil, he wasted all his life in accumulating money, and at the end what did he acquire…-his death. To call our selves successful first, we need to have good friends, someone we can trust and often, we need a friend with whom we can speak with no fear of being judged about our life. It is hard to find someone with this attributes but is not impossible. Friends are like marvels, there are a lot of them, but we should find the best ones. Friends are what makes our life different and are always there for us when we need them. Secondly having a happy and understandable family is another key of being successful. Families are said to be “the root of every living soul.” In other words, families are what brought us into being, what gave us life, what shaped our values and beliefs, and what ultimately launched us towards our own independence. Family is what keeps us on our own two feet; a support system that will make us successful in life. With the family support, we can be nowhere; we can be lost