The meaning of success

It could mean a lot of things to a lot of people but for me success is:

1. Doing what you want in your life. That's the key. Doing your passion. Using your talents and skills. Making sure that you share them with others. For others' good. Doing your purpose. For me it may mean writing or art. Sometimes it isn't finished yet. I have yet to discover my purpose and wants. But I'm gonna start at it even though it isn't finished yet, eventhough it isn't perfect yet. I have to do something today. I have done for my family in the past. Now, I want to focus on friends. Everyday I discover something new about myself and I learn more. You need not be perfect to start something. You go as you please. You do what you want to achieve in life. And I think a common purpose is love. It is very profound.

2. Money. Worldly as it may seem, I want money. Because I don't have much of it. It has always been challenging for me to make money because first I don't experience the need of it except in time of need or sickness. I have always my mom to answer for my needs. But now that I am 34 I want to change that and you know making 10000 pesos a month isn't that bad after all for me. Just to make a buck. Just to make something. It has been a challenge. I need to align my wants, my knowledge, as incomplete or imperfect as it is to the work that I will be doing to make money. And of course to have something more. Never had a car. Never financed a long term study of my interest. Never ate in a hotel. Never ride a plane. Never had a business. But I was full of study. I learn all I can about business, and the arts, and writing or about stories by reading books, magazines and watching television, internet surfing. I want to be rich. It has been a childhood dream!

3. Fame. Yes, that's another worldly aspiration. But I do have that dream of becoming famous one day in my life. Being well known for what you do, for where you're good at. That's why I wanted to become and actress or an athlete, or a writer, or a famous entrepreneur and businessman. I want to enjoy that good gift of God to a person deserving it. I like public relations, public speaking. Right now, if I am gonna achieve fame I have to do some actions to reaching my dreams. I need to work on my dreams and become famous afterwards. I want to be important. I want to have lots of friends. I want to know a lot of people. I want to do for others. I want to serve my mission here on earth. I want to live fully.

4. Finding one's purpose in life. To be reconciled with God. To let go and let God. To let God guide you in your purpose in life. To share your life with family, friends and society. To do something about what life throws at you. To grow in God's love. To find meaning in life. To just be there in your life and do the best that you can be. To succeed in life.

Money making lessons

It is very important for me to succeed. In my ten years of not working, I have done what I wanted being young. But now that I am all grown up and 34, I want to do what all people in the world do that is to work. Part of the reason why I didn't work for ten years is that I was not accepted in jobs. I would always ask God why this thing happened to me, maybe it happened for a reason, maybe it was just a natural consequence of a past action that employers didn't like. It would always puzzle me. But another side to it is that I didn't pursue a career that I love even if it deviates from my college education. I was just passing away time and doing what I wanted and having dreams that I would have wanted to accomplish. I am happy. But now that I am 34 I need to make money already for my own keep. I think I need to try out something more than handing out resumes. I need to connect with people who are concerned with the things that I wanted to do for myself. It may be hard or uneasy but I need to do it so that my dreams would come near me. This is the time. The time is now. There is no other time. I am gonna keep on my goals. Until I achieve them. Anyway, I've got about 66 years before getting to a hundred if I'm gonna reach a hundred on this earth. But first I have to try it little by little. Little by little everyday for man is a creature of habit. Once I learn it now, it would be easier in the future. If everything happens for a reason, I surely want to know what that reason is and I would go on everyday and master excellence. I would like to be a man of my own fate. Do the things you want. Even if it's hard. Even if it hurts. It would be easier as I go on. And on and on. Life is life.

To keep at your goals

It's the middle of January, the first month of the year 2010. During the new year, it was a time a making goals. And now that it's the middle of the first month of the year, you try to check whether you are inching your way to your goals or not. What's important is that you have the discipline to make it as you dreamed it to be. Make everything possible to make it. It's always right to check your accomplishments everyday if you are making your goal. You have to step on the problems that come your way, the challenges to move you forward your goal and thus, make you a better person, a person better equipped to handle tomorrow's trials. What's important is what you learn from it as a person, to make you a better person, to know better the next time, to use your talents for others and not limit yourself to a job description but to fully recognize your potential and what you can achieve in life. I think it takes the right leadership to make your life right. Do what you have to do in life and everything will follow.