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I fell iam ,,,, not in wealth but family and what I have done in my life. How do you measure it????

For society success is your status,how rich are you.

For me it is if you reached your goals or if you are happy with what you got.Nothing more counts.Pity it's not the same for the rest of the world.

having no regrets bout the way u have lived ur life, having goals that still need to be met and some goals which u have met and are proud of achiving.

in having acheved your dreams, in forfilling the reason you are alive and for making others lives better by being there

i always say "you are only as successful as you think you are" if you are content with your life and you see your self successful, then you are.

Success is knowing that you suceed in your goals and find true happyness no matter where it comes from or who its comes form.

it does not matter if you are rich or poor, or if you have a faimly or not. it all depends on how you feel about your own life. everybody is diffrent so thier opinuins shouldnt mean anything to you. if you are pleased with yourself then all is great.

i would have to agree with mannybebop on that thats just what i was goiing to say

I also agree w/ mannybebop.

In my opinion, it's just that you live the way you want to live, and you are happy with who you are... =)

I wrote a journal entry on just this topic. Thanks outgoing for getting it out there as a forum thread.

I believe that everyone is successful in thier own way. To me it's setting goals for yourself and striving very hard to reach them. When you finally do after working hard you have a sense of pride and success..... reachable goals though, like a nice house, loving family, a well paying job... well thats success for me anyways, everyone is different.

Octavia,
i feel the same way as well as lking4trouble, all of which is priceless..

I feel I am successful because I live my life every day to the fullest. I have met goals and am proud of myself... I still have goals to reach too. I don't regret anything I do or have done. I just learn from my mistakes and from the mistakes of others...

that is very nice and wonderful, best of luck with the rest

I am too hard headed to learn from others mistakes. lol But, seriously I like the comments I have seen on here. I make pretty good money at my job, but I don't measure success by the amount of money people make. I measure it by the amount of happiness each individual has with their own lives and personal accomplishments. Your own success is what you make of it.

Wow.. I think success is different from everyone. Heck some days I feel successful just getting out of bed. I have love, family, a place to live, transportation, clothing and I am far from starving. I own a wonderful business and its doing very well (which I consider a perk). umm success.. yeah absolutely

i think you need to understnad thAt yer family loves you and i have no idea wat i am talkin bout,...........o0o right srry

If you've reached the goals that you set for yourself but not necessarily all of them.. and if you have someone that you love more than anything else by your side... thats reaching success for me..

I very much agree with that. Being happy with the one you love is a good barometer for success. Well, done.

yep this is really fun and all but cum on!!!!!!

no please keep it going...thank you everyone

ummmmmmmzzzzzz........srry :(

I think if you are happy with your family and friends then money does not matter. I have £30 in my bank account, I have to pay £700 by 2 weeks... but Im still happy because I have my family around me to support me :D

i agree...the measure of success is in your mind. Other people are entitled to their opinions on the matter, but...we dont have to listen to them.
Money isn't everything, but In my idea of things...financial independence will be an aspect of success. Right now i'm doing tolerably well, but i still let the folks pick up a bill once in a while. If I can get out of school and get set up so that I dont even have to consider doing that anymore...that'll be a big step toward lifetime success.

If i get out of bed its a good day.

knowing who you and accepting it, and knowing u did your best and were true to your moral and personality code, on the outside I am a sucess I have a good career ya da... but my happiest momements have nothing to do with that and I have not sacrificed for that and, that I can balance this makes me a a better sucess

I was about to say it was dependant on indervidual views.... some may be happy to get out of bed (Daire!!!) others not till they make their first mill by the time they are 30

I'm the later of those - unfortunatly I failed. It didn't happen till 32 hahahah

Anyway -

Success According To Moreish -

* The ability to make those around you smile
* Having friends and family around you, that love you enough that when you are sick, then come to visit and take care of you, becasue of point one
* To turn a negative situation into a positive one - you are the master of your own destiny - why let other people govern it
* To have your pantry with food you like, a warm bed, running water etc and actually appreciate it.

What I deem my success is that I'm thankful for everyday things.

Amen,

Mistress Moreish

you all are great....me i am happy with my love ones and family and good friends,thats all the success, i need, for thats more than money could ever buy

wow yer really happy all the time ain't ya...lol

yes very much so blacktear

ummmm ok??lol

Outgoing success is mearsured by what you think of yourself at the end of the day or night. Since you are always happy and out going then your success in life is that much more greater then the wealthous person in the world. Society measures success by wealth and power. True success is mearsured by the individual themselves !!

yeah wat he said

Thank you Blacktear I feel like Outgoing at times. Sometimes I feel like I did alot and accomplished nothing but hey that means to try even harder the next day !!

Of course outgoing is happy and feels so successful. I spoil him rotten and we take care of each other. His success began long before we met, but it has grown such as mine did after we got together 3 years ago. How could he be anything but happy with a woman like me? We are a great team together!

no it was my pleasure vry...i totally agree with wat you said it makes soo much sence and well yer very interesting when you talk ..wat u said was deep.....:)..lol

You don't measure wealthy by what you have but the people who love you and the people who mean most to you in your life. You can be the poorest guy in the world but if you have family and friends that love you you are truly rich

omg that is soo true!!!!!!!!

to me its more like if i do then i have reached what i want....i live in my fature looking for what i want to do enxt not what i want to do that day.

if u aer with yer family and friends then you are rich!!!! no matter wat people say!!!

Success to me is being able to close my eyes and sleep. No thoughts of remorse. No twitching as I think of ways I could have done something differently. Just a few moments of laying there knowing that I have something to do when I wake up even if not for myself... maybe especially not!

All in all, my definition of success changes every few years, if not more frequently, as goals are met and new ones are brought into play~

Yes you are so right success is also measured by goals you have set and accomplished. The more goals you set and achieve the more success you will have. As long as you have friends and family by your side helping and pushing you to successed. 'Cause noone can do it alone !!

They say when Irish males are lonely

they use one hand.

~hint~

o0o0o0o0o0o0 gross!!!!!!!!!...lol

I measure my own success on three levels: materialistic, personal and usefulness. While materials are the least important of the 3, there are certainly goals I have that involve owning stuff.

Materialistically, I will be a success when I own my home and can buy groceries without first checking my balance.

Personally, I will be a success when I can honestly say I accept and like myself.

Usefulness for me is contributing positively to the world in some way. I don't knowhat it will take for my to feel I have fulfilled some purpose in society, but I do feel its part of life to be a positive influence somehow.

damn typo demon....

*know what
*me

success for me is exceeding your own expactations and making yourself happy

i love blood and that is how i feel like success...lol and seeing a full moon..lol

**tilts head to the side** I have failed no one. I live by what I feel fit. And true some times its not the best but it's not the worst either..

Well, dear I think your thread on success is a success. You have gotten a lot of great response and I knew that the general consensus here would agree that it doesn't necessarily deal with how much money one has or how much a person's net worth is. Congrats. The people of VR have yet again restored my faith in mankind.

yes they have at that, this is a better class of people for the most part

yes we are the better class of people right here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....lol we dominate!!!!! jokin'...lol

i measure success by how happy i am with the way my life is going...i have two happy beautiful kids who, even though, dont live with me, love me just as much as their father and we both work together to make sure they stay happy. yes my life is successful as long as they are content

success is...
being happy enough with youself to not let mean things other people say upset you
not being so cocky you don't take anyone's advice
being happy eough with what you have that you're not depressed over what your life could have been
not letting content ment turn into apathy not letting your hapiness stop you from trying to help others
i realize i'm being very buddhist about this: the middle road is best

lots of differant measures of success, its great to see money isn't everything

Money is the root of all evil. It may seem to make things better, but it can also make things worse.

i agree with the last dudette who rotw to this! :P money is evil!.... RAWR!!!!! hehe (sorry, im a kid...im imature!) * hides* :P

money is never really a rich thing i say if money can solve a problem then it isn't a problem and like i said if you have family and friends and well i know it sounds wierd but i think it is true!!!!!!!!!!!! lol..just thought i would tell ya'll wat i thought...lol

hmm...money can solve problems...like us, cos of money problems, like mums wages and shit, payin bills and stuff is so hard...and we struggle to do it. and we dont do anythin that we shouldnt. :(

money does help in some aspects of life, but i have been totally content in very poor situations...like having no oil to heat the house, hardly any food...my family is very important to me and i would rather have them then a wide screen tv or fancy car...hell, i would even give up smoking for 'em...lol

Success. Mmmm, I don't have to think on that for too long. When you wear a smile in your heart and face, and loved ones smile with you. When you stand proud and are filled with inner satisfaction on a job well done, then success is a natural process..

as long as you are happy with wat you are/....and no one eles looks down on you which doesn't really matter ...soo yeah as long as you find a way to like it yer self then its ok....lol...everyone feels that way once in a while....you have to work threw it and tell yer self man i have done a shit losd and i like it soo really thats all you have to do and it well be ok i know it is hard to tell yer self that but you have to

The measure of success can be defined in so many ways. It really depends on the person. To some, its all about money, power, and prestige. To others its about having a terrific family.

For me, success is being happy with what I have accomplished in my life and having great kids. So as of right now, I feel like I'm an extremely successful person. I've been in the Navy for 10 years and I (mostly alone if it wasn't for my son's dad) am raising 2 beautiful, wonderful, silly, smart, loving children.

success....entirely a matter of personal perspective....can you look at yourself in the mirror....can you look at family and friends without guilt.....can you look at your spouse and know it is love looking back.....this is success

now thats a very interesting way of putting it

have some of you noticed, all that material stuff, the stuff you can percieve with the physical senses, rather it be money, cars -so called wealth, is all perishable and surly will.
But what cant be held by the phy. hand or seen with the phy. eye i.e. trust, Love, loyalty only grows abundant alike a flame truely pentrating the darkness; hate, dishonesty and the like.
more times than not, the our measuring stick holds greater meaning than the substance measured -are attachments to them.
does success depend upon your met goal?
if ones goal is to destroy and he/she accomplishes the destruction, was he/she not successful.
then does not success depend on our measuring?
it kinda gets wierd when some of us starts noticing things.

flux, that is interesting...but for me its still friends and family the rest is just bull crap for its just material items no real value

i feel (also) that our resounding Love for family & friends are Great to value and measure a True success. i also think my two cents here are just about spent.

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I think, at the end of it all, success isn't really measured in wealth... but in the memories...

i.e: were you more successful if you've accumulated billions of dollars but no one cared or accumulated 20,000 and your funeral is packed with people who loved and will miss you...

now thats a very nice point, still goes back to friends and family

if you're happy and you don't own anybody anything then you have a 10 in your life, that's just my opinion tough

Success
What a funny word!
If you live long enough to see your kids grow up healthy, loving and respecting you, what else is there to feel successfull about?

For myself, success comes in many forms. Am I staying true to what I know to be my truth? Have I grown? Have I shared my wealth (not limited to material)? My biggest success must be the ability to give unconcitionally and not expect anything in return, simply give. That was a hard one for me.
I guess can we look back and say we have learned something, shared something, loved someone, tried our best?
Stiving...Growing...Exploring...
~Lady~

it could sound too romantic but still i think the main thing is love!

Not the success,the money and other materiall things.

p.s. kisses to Flux.

I feel very sucessful in my life.

I have been though the many ups and downs of life. The loss of a parent, a close loss with my other parent, the coming and going of friends, and I have survived them all.

I am loved and I do love. Which is one of the best feelings in the world. *smile*

I also feel sucessful when I can make the people that matter most to me smile or even a stranger. To make others happy makes me feel sucessful.


When I feel as though I have touched the heart of someone then I know I have done what makes me feel good.

u can say success is in the eye of the beholder

I am unsucsessful.

heres a thought...... in ancient gaelic...the word for wealth denotes children.....not belongings....

yes, children are a very good sign of success

thank you...everyone...say goodnight