Success...

The wedding celebration yesterday was a huge success.  The bride is a co-worker and it was beautiful to share in the delicious supper and tributes that were later expressed to them.  Their actual wedding took place back on Thanksgiving Day, a surprise to their families as they came simply to join in a special meal which turned out to be a wedding feast as well.  I do trust their marriage will be successful and happy in every way.

 

It's funny how we even measure success.

Some say it is getting what you want most in life while others say it's achieving a great deal of education in order to become the very best you can in your profession. Many say it is when you have a certain social status complete with power over many people....plus the enormous amounts of money you need to allow you to remain in that position. Those are all signs of success....but....

I think success can be other things as well.....it's being faithful to something or someone.  It's being trusted and trustworthy.  I believe success can be measured by what is inside a person...not only the outward physical signs but those deep inner things that make up an individual...unmeasurable things.

One can be a successful garbage picker as well as a successful oil magnate.  One can become a politician and achieve great goals and one can also become a mother and raise her children well.  All can be thought of as truly successful.

I sometimes tend to look at how "the world" rates success...wealth, power, achievement.  But I know only too well how over-rated that view can be. I simply need to look at friends or family members and see their inner selves to recognize their true success in friendship and kindness and caring.  Those are the things I best relate to when I judge real success.  It's all quite subjective....

But ya, the wedding really was a success!!!!

Sleep well, my friends.....