Life is Fair
i bumped into an old school mate last night over dinner, and we had a quite pleasant talk for a couple of minutes. It was quality, one-on-one catching up chat, the kind of chat you usually don't get to have when you meet up with a big bunch of people, and somehow you sit and the very far end to someone.
The usual topic come into play, like what's up lately? How's work? Have you seen so and so lately? Those kind of topics.
Then we talked about some people who are really successful with their life now, to the extend that universities would hire them to come give a seminar. And the usual me look at my life and say things like, "Why can't i make it that far?"
Then my friend said something that really strikes me and the big light bulb got turned on on top of my head.
He said (not in actual word but he meant something like this), "You can't compare like that. Do you know how much sh*t he needs to go through to make it to where he is today? He got to so low at one point of his life then you can never imagine, but he made it through it and this is how he stand today."
That is true. You really cannot measure success. After hearing what my friend said about this long lost friend, it really give me a lot of inspiration. If he chose not to continue his struggle, he wouldn't have made it to who he is today. He chose to persevere through the difficult times, and simply because of this, he is successful in life today.
How many times have you given up your stand simply because it was too hard a struggle to go through? How many great opportunities have you let it fly by simply because it doesn't seem like an easy way to go? How many times have you chicken out on a risk you could have taken and made it simply because it seems to hazy to decide to go on?
I have to say, my life is so stable, there isn't much difficult times that i need to struggle through. i'm truly grateful for the kind of life i am having now, and i would kill to have this lifestyle maintained the way it is. i know i want to be successful in life, and i know i would make it someday, but please remind me my priority is not to earn all the money in the world, it's not to stand up high on top of everyone, it's not to be the most powerful person, but simply to have a life with no worries. I am successful if i can do this.
ChiM
The usual topic come into play, like what's up lately? How's work? Have you seen so and so lately? Those kind of topics.
Then we talked about some people who are really successful with their life now, to the extend that universities would hire them to come give a seminar. And the usual me look at my life and say things like, "Why can't i make it that far?"
Then my friend said something that really strikes me and the big light bulb got turned on on top of my head.
He said (not in actual word but he meant something like this), "You can't compare like that. Do you know how much sh*t he needs to go through to make it to where he is today? He got to so low at one point of his life then you can never imagine, but he made it through it and this is how he stand today."
That is true. You really cannot measure success. After hearing what my friend said about this long lost friend, it really give me a lot of inspiration. If he chose not to continue his struggle, he wouldn't have made it to who he is today. He chose to persevere through the difficult times, and simply because of this, he is successful in life today.
How many times have you given up your stand simply because it was too hard a struggle to go through? How many great opportunities have you let it fly by simply because it doesn't seem like an easy way to go? How many times have you chicken out on a risk you could have taken and made it simply because it seems to hazy to decide to go on?
I have to say, my life is so stable, there isn't much difficult times that i need to struggle through. i'm truly grateful for the kind of life i am having now, and i would kill to have this lifestyle maintained the way it is. i know i want to be successful in life, and i know i would make it someday, but please remind me my priority is not to earn all the money in the world, it's not to stand up high on top of everyone, it's not to be the most powerful person, but simply to have a life with no worries. I am successful if i can do this.
ChiM
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