success

everyone says that they want to be successful in life. but what does that really mean? like, i want to die having had a successful happy life. how do you know if your life was successful? how do you know if you were truly happy?

i think that it is different for every person. if you want to measure your success by how much money you make, then so be it. and when you decide that you have made enough money then you will be happy... right? theoretically, yes. but not realistically. most people would say that happiness is about more than just money, and yet some people would say that money is happiness. does it really matter what everyone else thinks though? as long as you believe you really are happy and successful, then does anyone else's opinion matter?

i guess in some ways it does. i think as humans we will always be concerned with what other people think of us, no matter how much we say we dont. its the sad truth of the matter. so then, this just brings up another question. what makes someone else successful? consider times when you feel jealous or envious of other people. does that mean that you see them as being successful, and so you are jealous of what they have and what they have done? does that mean they are successful to you? and if they are successful to you, does that make them successful in general? and then once they are successful, does that mean they are then happy?in short, how will you ever know if you are successful or if you are truly happy? does it just dawn on you one day that the way you are living is making you happy, and that you have succeeded in life? im not sure. something to think about...