Sucess or Failure - Does it matter?

What's the meaning of success?

by PE
(Trivandrum, Kerala, India)

The Curse of Success

Success! Success!! Success!!!

What's the meaning of success?

Money, fame, property, friends, relations... all related to success! Everyone scurrying towards success to get all these! Why? Why?? Why???

We are born with nothing, and we die with nothing. What we make or assume to make is ultimately lost with us.

When we come to this world we come with no desires or wishes or motivation to succeed; we are just here. Every one is then taught to do all these things. As we grow we are forced to go into the jungle of desires and struggle.

Why should you do a job? Why should you make money? Why should you save money? Why should you build Business Empires, which serve nothing but other people? Why is that we fight with each other; compete with each other for market shares? Aren't we falling into further abyss while doing all these; competing, amassing wealth and making life more complicated with technologies? Can't life be a bit simple to live? Why can't we do just what we need to do without worrying about the future?

I am not a success if you would look into my life, below average at school, college & studies; Am doing a job which I have lost interest in (within a short time). I am not sure what is that I really want; what my ambition is. Everywhere I see chaos; and life depends on success, but I couldn't figure out a success-route for myself. And I still am living and crying for a world of peace and harmony without rush hours.

But ultimately the question comes... does it really matter in the end... how successful you are? Can’t you be a failure and still live?

What's the meaning of success?