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Save Some for Me: Inspiration for Single Mothers and the People who Love Them
by Susan A. Jennings
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 Loving Faces of Success: How Do You Measure Success?
How do you measure success: wealth, achievement, winning or fame? In our modern world most of us measure success this way. "He has so much money, he must be successful." An athlete may view the ultimate success by winning gold at the Olympic Games and what about film stars? Would they measure success by how famous they are or by how much money they command? Can success be defined without wealth, winning or fame? The answer is a resounding "yes."
Of course the athlete who has trained for five years and wins an Olympic medal is successful. The businessman who makes a million is successful and Tom Cruise is a successful film star, but most of us are not athletes, millionaires or film stars. Our society would have us believe that this is an acceptable measurement of success, but it is an unrealistic perception and sets us up for instant failure.
For years I have suffered from what I will call, "success envy." Have you ever noticed that it always seems that your friend, acquaintance, brother or sister is luckier than you? They have their life in order, their children are brighter and better behaved, their business is doing better than yours. I work just as hard. I have great ideas. My kids do their best. So why am I not as clever or successful as they are? We look at success as a measurement, which it is not. A measurement is a yard, a metre, a quart or a litre. Success reflects accomplishment and can only be measured in terms of the satisfaction, pride and achievement felt by each of us in our own way. We assume other people are doing well but that is our own perception. We accept that money, winning medals and fame means success even if it is unreasonable for us to reach that particular kind of success.
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