We need to be constantly reevaluating what success means. Most
so-called success in the world is slavery. The trappings of success
often bring the opposite of success, at least in the ways most
meaningful to people's lives. Beware! Success is not what you think it
is. It's often a trap.
You have been programmed from
birth into a sick construct of competitive violence. Most success by
your likely definition will lead to the destruction of your
individuality and your inner-beings grand potential. There is nothing
intrinsically wrong with being successful and we should have abundance
and success in our lives.
But, we must possess the
inner maturity to handle success; individually and as a culture. Every
degree of success must be paired with a degree of integrity and
compassion. Success without integrity is always fleeting, or monstrous.
Real success sometimes involves saying no to growth, expansion and
gain.
Real success often involves absorbing tremendous
loss on a personal level. Real success often involves sacrifice. Real
success always involves virtues such as humility, compassion and an
abiding reverence and respect for life.
"Pause and remember— At any moment you have the power to say 'this is enough' and radically change the course of your destiny. Have the faith and courage to follow your hearts calling." — Jenni Young
We have lost our humanity to the decimal point. Around the world, it is just normal that most people die at a young age — killed in senseless wars or by disease. In some cultures, the economic war they die in is so slow moving, that it looks like living.
One day you just wake up after many years of usury — old, spent and robbed of your best years, with nothing left of value to the system, and then you are discarded. Few things are so heartbreaking as seeing people in various forms of bondage.
Author and Credits: Bryant McGill