Success in life is not about the grinding and grim determination to grab and cling to as much as you can in terms of material things and power. It is certainly not about low cholesterol levels or intellectual brilliance or career accomplishments. It IS about human connections. I know this all too well. I have very few! Without them, life loses its flavor and fragrance, whatever material successes we might accomplish. Indeed, lasting satisfaction is rare outside of meaningful, human relationships. Please, look back at your life and you will almost certainly find that the most significant moments were births, deaths, weddings, and celebrations--events of deep personal and emotional significance. Your most profound moments? When you have touched others . . . or they have touched you. In times of great suffering—loss, sickness, death—it is not prescriptions, formulas, or advice we seek, but the healing presence of another--best of all, of someone we love. When we forget this—when we think only of ourselves as we all too frequent do—we strangle the source of our inner development as human beings. Real meaning in human life comes from taking care of those you love, letting them know how you feel. Fortunately, we have countless opportunities to give a something of ourselves each day through a thoughtful act, a word of appreciation, or a sense of understanding. I never do this enough--sometimes not at all. Above all, true success is about us rather than me.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:37:26 +0000
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