Success & Failure = Inside Jobs July 11, 2017
Posted by nrhatch in Happiness, Life Balance, Mindfulness, People.comments closed
Chasing Unicorns posted a thought-provoking “stolen quote” last week.
He lifted it (exercising due care) from J. K. Rowling’s Harvard Commencement Address in 2008 when she reminded the graduates (and other attentive attendees) that we must decide for ourselves what constitutes “failure.”
She’s right.
It’s pointless to measure our success and failure using someone’s else’s yardstick.
No one else knows what we value the most. They only know what they value most . . . since they are looking at the world through their eyes.
Some yardsticks measure power. Others measure money or acclaim or fame.
For some, success lies in approval from others manifested in the form of awards and trophies, accolades and attention, and “likes” on social media.
They tend not to agree with the “less is more” philosophy.
Still others measure success by education or knowledge . . . or by the adrenaline rush of running the rapids or parachuting from a plane or wrestling an alligator.
My preferred yardstick is inner peace and happiness and contentment.
For years, I’ve measured success by how much I am “enjoying the journey” . . . without worrying about reaching some unseen and imaginary “Finish Line.”
If I am happy and peace-filled right here, right now ~> THAT’S SUCCESS!
Aah . . . that’s better!
On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined. ~ Lord Byron
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