Oh....this reminds me of when my sister was practicing her magic act (sawing a woman in half). Time to get out the super glue again.
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What is Success to You?
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Oh....this reminds me of when my sister was practicing her magic act (sawing a woman in half). Time to get out the super glue again.
Hermit Philosopher
Selflessly here for you
Dear Clara Tea,
It is important to establish what one can and cannot achieve in relation to the state of another and to do what one can to increase their harmony and decrease their suffering, yes. But one’s angst over what one cannot do, does nothing to help another and only hinders one own sense of balance. This is why to live successfully also require the letting go of control and the acceptance of one’s own limitations.
Humbly
Hermit
It seems that both the giver and receiver must be present.
"That sucks" is the first part of "success." Failure is inherent in any endeavor. Edison failed many times, only to succeed in a few things at the end of a long journey.
One step begins a journey.
If we accept limitations, we don't even try. We must try to see if we can do it.
When Edison made a tungsten filament, it was said that no one can machine a coil of tungsten because it could not bend. Edison didn't know that, so he tried anyway, and succeeded.
Self-defeating resignation never won. One must never give up hope. Dr. Who said "one good hope is worth a cartload of certainties."
So many evil regimes had to be toppled, and no one had the power to topple them. But the complains were like tiny ripples on a pond....eventually they made their way to those who notice, and more ripples were made, then more and more, and eventually came revolution and success.
Be like the tiny stone that ripples the pond....start the process.
I suppose for me it is to be at peace with oneself (no inner conflicts) and so as then to likely be at peace with all others, where this is possible. But the latter is often not possible when one might see harm emanating from their beliefs and/or actions. Success in other areas is simply achieving a goal and hoping that such enables some enjoyment and learning along the way. Have done plenty of this latter and mostly I have no inner conflicts to trouble me - so a lot better than in the past. Material success, or even in relationships, might be less important to me, although this last is often something imposed on one rather than desired.
I guess I have been more interested in what makes us human, how we might vary so much, and why we are often so different than chasing after some possible spiritual nature.
Hermit Philosopher
Selflessly here for you
I am sorry that you feel this way @Clara Tea. It is a dilemma, because one has little in way of harmony to offer another, if one finds no harmony within self.
I do not say that it is not so for you, but it’s not necessarily so for others. Many would say that you speak from Ego above and to many, Ego is a successful obstacle to living successfully in the terms that were mentioned in my comments to OP.
Knowing one’s limits in life is quite key to the concept of wisdom in general.
Humbly
Hermit
I do not say that it is not so for you, but it’s not necessarily so for others. Many would say that you speak from Ego above and to many, Ego is a successful obstacle to living successfully in the terms that were mentioned in my comments to OP.
Knowing one’s limits in life is quite key to the concept of wisdom in general.
Humbly
Hermit
The idea, I think is to succeed.
What is success to you. Whatever it is you are trying to accomplish, how will you know that you succeeded?
That whatever i did was an improvement on rhe previous statem
In the end, they’re the same person anyway. We all are one, and by helping others we help ourselves also.
Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
The greatest success, IMHO, is to find answers to your questions. Material success pales before that. I have already succeeded in getting answers to all my questions. Only one remains (Creatio ex-nihilo?). In the short time left to me, I do not think, I will get that answer. It would happen many years later or perhaps centuries.
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Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
I succeeded whenever I turn off the infomercial.
The idea, I think is to succeed.
What is success to you. Whatever it is you are trying to accomplish, how will you know that you succeeded?
TagliatelliMonster
Veteran Member
The idea, I think is to succeed.
What is success to you. Whatever it is you are trying to accomplish, how will you know that you succeeded?
I'ld say that success is achieving whatever it is you want to accomplish.
Which is different for everybody.
Once cut off at the knees, the head is within reach, eh.
Audie
Veteran Member
Next incarnation ya will be a lawn ornament dwarf and that will teach ya a big lesson.
We Never Know
No Slack
Wealth is a requirement for happiness? A person can't be happy if they aren't wealthy?
Audie
Veteran Member
Success is the achievement of a goal.
That is what i addressed. Im not simple minded.
Accepting failure with good grace is a kind of success