If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all. —Anna Quindlen
What is success to you? I often think about how lucky I am to be living my dreams. Some days I have to pinch myself in order to make sure it’s not that kind of dream.
Even so, I still struggle with the opinion of others about my life. There is also pressure to play the role that society wishes me to play. If I just do what others want me to do, that’s not success on my terms. That’s what the “feel good in your heart” is all about—it has to be your own success.
If your personal success is real and also happens to match the wishes of family, friends, and the world, then so much the better. But whatever you do, make sure that life’s successes are your own.
