What do you want? A successful life or a happy life? This is a question which has been raised quite a lot in our life. Everyone says happiness is all that matters but think again. Happiness without success, is it possible?
Each one of us has some basic desires in our lives, some meaning and purpose in life which can create a difference in everyone’s life. And without this purpose, how can one be totally happy?
Don’t confuse happiness with success. Many think, happiness means being successful, so they keep looking for perfection in life, like a perfect job, business, or partner. Which at last, makes them feel unhappy and lonely.
According to a study, “The more people value happiness, the more likely they will feel disappointed.” This is called the paradoxical effect of valuing happiness. So, don’t chase happiness, find meaning or purpose of your life, then happiness will come automatically.
What Actually Defines Success?
Success has a different meaning for different people. Don’t define your success in accordance with others, your meaning or purpose of life should define your success which can vary from people to people, according to their desires and needs in lives.
Success doesn’t mean being rich or a high paying job, don’t be confused about this. For some, it may be serving others, for some it can be money and for some, success means following your dream and passion and turning it into something you live for.
There is a great saying by Maya Angelous, “Success is liking yourself, liking that you do, and liking how you do it.” So, basically one should love what he or she is doing for living. This way one can achieve success and happiness in their lives.
Can One Attain Absolute Success?
As we all know, desires and ambitions of people keep on growing even after achieving the basic desires and a life they dreamt of. One should keep learning and improving their life or work, but they shouldn’t turn their success into greed.
The day success turns into greed, they won’t have a successful life nor they will be able to achieve that life. At last one may lose happiness and even ruin their relationships and health or other important things in life, in order to achieve that greed.
As they say, “When you are satisfied, you are successful. For all there is to success is satisfaction.” So, one needs to be satisfied with their success in order to achieve both success and a happy life.
“Take time to make your soul happy”
Yours
Happy Soul