Success in Life

Success means different things for different people. Some may equate it with fame, some with wealth and still some with accomplishments. For me, it means fulfilling my dreams. However, there is something in common in it. Just as British writer Leonard Saylis said, "The human being longs for a sense of being accomplished, of being able to do things with his hand, with his mind, with his will. Each of us wants to feel he or she has the ability to do something that is meaningful and that serves a tribute to our inherent abilities." Whatever your dreams are, you have a goal there and then focus all your attention on it. Dreams bring you hope and happiness. In the process of struggling for it, you cry, sweat, complain or even curse, but the joy of harvesting makes you forget all the pains and troubles you have gone through. So there goes an old proverb that the sweetest fruit is one that has undergone the bitterest ordeal.

There are several keys to success. First, your goal must be practical and practicable. If you set your goal too high, chances are that you will never attain it. Next, you have to make a plan of doing it. You can take some steps to realize it. Since the process may be quite tough, you need to be deligent, patient and persevering. Even if you meet with some difficulties or frustrations, just take them in your stride. Just remember what those famous people say. Thomas Edison said, "If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry." And George Bernard Shaw told us, "The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, they make them." French scientist Louis Pasteur put it more simply, "Will, work and wait are the pyramidal cornerstones for success." I'm so glad that those great men share my opinion about how to be successful. You can always tell yourself that there is nothing insurmountable. With this will and dertermination, success is sure to wait for you at the end of the tunnel!