Hi Joe,
I will travel on this adventure with anytime, my friend.
Still loving that poem too, Joe
I know Winston Churchill said that Success is going from Failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm and I like to say that "Success is failure turned inside out".
Each and every one of us goes through all types of successes and failures. You may be a very successful father and a failure at being a husband. You may be a very successful business person, but a total failure in your family relationships. I ran a very successful business for years. I achieved some financial success, and in doing so the balance fell short on the relationships sometimes.
You get the picture? Usually when we say that "He's very successful" or "She's very successful" we are referring to the amount of wealth a person has visibly accumlated. The car they drive, the clothes they wear, the boat, the house, and so we say that this person has reached a great level of success. You know as well as I do that this same person could be a failure in his marrital relationship. So, to the outside world, he remains a success and at home - not so much!
You are a huge success in my eyes Joe. It appears to me that you have a great job, a marvelous family and your relationships at both are solid and good. You demonstrate kindness, you feel good in your own skin and you havemany friends here - so I assume elsewhere too.
You have NEVER indicated in any way to me that you have achieved financial greatness, but then you have never indicated that you have not!! So, in my eyes you are a huge success.
So, now that we've gotten this ball rolling here, it will be a very eye opening experience to get different views on success.
Sorry - I didn't realize how the keyboard just kept on clicking and this got long, but I am pretty passionate about the topic. I will be b....a.....c....k!
Judy