What Does Success Mean
To You?
Well, as you might have known, Webster's
Dictionary defines success as, "the gaining of fame or prosperity."
But isn't there more to success than just that? Can't success
also be emotional, physical, or spiritual? Here's what you told
us about success-and what it means to you.
 "Success
is not about money. To me, it is a state of mind. It's being
happy with who you are and making your dreams come true."
-35 years old
"Success is when you suddenly realize
that nothing matters more than being able to enjoy the things
you already have." -28 years old
"Success is spiritual because if you
are satisfied inside, you should be at peace." -20 years
old
"If you have food on the table and
someone to sleep with then you're successful. I don't go hungry
too often!" -39 years old
"I believe that success is believing
in yourself and knowing that everything happens for a reason.
It also means having God in your life." -32 years old
"I define success by my day to day
happiness and personal growth." -43 years old
"Success is spiritual. Without faith,
there is no possible way one can make it through the trials of
everyday life." -23 years old
"Success, for me, means remaining
true to the values and morals that my family had instilled in
me. It means just being a good person because good things will
happen to you." -29 years old
"I define success emotionally because
if you're not happy with yourself then you're not happy at all."-26
years old
"Success means emotional, spiritual,
physical, and financial stability. In order to be successful,
you have to have the complete package!" -23 years old
"I define success as being happy and
enjoying what you do without having to please others. Success,
emotionally, is when you can honestly look at yourself and say
that you are not lonely or depressed. Success, financially, is
when your are not living paycheck by paycheck. Success, spiritually,
is when you can acknowledge a God. Success, physically, is when
you are not destroying your body with drugs or bad foods."
-26 years old
"Success? I don't know. I still need
to figure out what that means to me." -19 years old
"I define success as spiritual because
it is from within that helps you with your emotions, your physical
strength, and your life." -21 years old
"That's a tough one. Success for me
is achieving happiness." -27 years old
"Success, in my opinion, is a very
emotional thing. I have always thought that the most successful
people are those who have done something positive to change injustices
and leave an indelible impression on the world-people like Mother
Teresa, Martin Luther King, and Cesar Chavez." -24 years
old
"Success means having spiritual success.
You must first do the work at becoming a whole person. Only then
does everything else fall into place. Physical success is important,
but inward beauty is most important." -42 years old
"I define success as a person who
has accomplished his or her goals in life. Financially, it means
a person who has organized his or her money. Spirituality, it
means being comfortable with his or her self. And physically,
it means treating your body as a sacred temple." -21
years old
"Being happy means being successful.
Emotionally, it means finding a nice guy to spend the rest of
my life with and being accepted by my family. Spiritually, it
means loving others as God loves me. We as QV people have souls
and we are all called to love!" -28 years old
"Success is when you are at peace
with yourself, when you can give yourself freely to others, and
when you have the strength to stop injustice whenever and wherever
you see it." -39 years old
"I think success starts with a connection
with God." -31 years old
"What is success? I don't know. I
haven't reached it yet. Success in my opinion is a point in your
life where you feel comfortable with yourself and your surroundings.
Success doesn't have to be emotional, financial, spiritual, or
physical, those things are second things. First, you have to
come to terms with yourself and be comfortable with yourself-then
all those other emotions will follow." -18 years old
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