What is your measurment of Success In Life?

[Unknownn]

To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty,
to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child,
a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.


RALPH WALDO EMERSON

 

[daluvlymel]

i feel this always changes so i cannot answer this straight forward...also, it depends on what you consider success? i can say i am happy with my life now and the people that are in it...

 

[Talus]

I Measure success by my ability to appreciate what I have however much or little that it may be.
I feel success full when I know I have grown.

 

[Formaldehyde Rx]

Success
He has achieved success
who has lived well,
laughed often, and loved much;

who has enjoyed the trust of
pure women,

the respect of intelligent men and
the love of little children;

who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;

who has left the world better than he found it
whether by an improved poppy,
a perfect poem or a rescued soul;

who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty
or failed to express it;

who has always looked for the best in others and
given them the best he had;

whose life was an inspiration;
whose memory a benediction.

--1904 Bessie Anderson Stanley

kind of sounds familiar eh.

 

[ColdBlooded]

I judge my success by the amount of ill will I generate from those around me.

 

[Talus]

^^?? you mean like how kat williams was talking haters?
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2011924333

 

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Yeah, this is a very subjective question, as there is no obvious answer.

Co-sign on that 100%

Success is relative.

For the sake of the thread, I would I measure success in aquired resources and total offspring.