Most people have defined success as 'this achievement' or 'that thing' - many have actual checklists to determine that they are successful. And I want to be clear - I am all for success. I am all for achieving amazing things and having abundance and cool cars and homes and stuff...
But, I am here to protect you, and help you, and that is what I want to do today in this issue...
Too many people check the items off their success lists only to find that they still feel exactly how they felt before. It isn't enough to achieve, you must feel or else you wind up with empty successes.
So, that is what we are here to do today - we are here to help you make sure your successes are full of joy and happiness and fulfillment. And I have a very special article for you to help you do exactly that! Everything you desire is here for you and when you discover what you really mean when you say 'success' you open up the infinite possibilities of the Universe!
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There is only one success - to spend your life in your own way."
-- Christopher Morley
The 'Law of Attraction' and 'Success' -
What Is 'Success' Anyway?
by Henk J.M. Schram
Everyone seems to strive to be 'successful' in life. We all look to apply the 'Law of Attraction' to gain 'success'.
But what is 'success'? What makes you successful, and what makes you a 'failure'?
To answer this question, let's first take a look at our world. Our societies are completely focused on our five senses of seeing, hearing, tasting, touching and smelling. Our five senses are constantly stimulated. They are enticed and exploited all the time.
It is therefore no surprise that we tend to focus our minds on materialism 24 hours per day. We tend to focus all the time on big cars, big houses, lots of money in the bank, and so on.
There is nothing wrong with that in itself, and this does not mean that being 'spiritual' equals being poor and living in a dump. That doesn't make sense either. The problem is not with the 'material' objects themselves. I'll get back to this later.
First, I'd like to know this... So many people want to 'attract a new car'. But what is it with cars anyway? Somehow the car has become a symbol of status, of 'success'. I know a number of people (even some well-known ones) who are so obsessed with their cars, they even give names to their car.
A friend of mine had a car and was really proud of it. He called this car 'Infinity'. Another friend of mine doesn't care the least bit about what kind of car he drives.
Still, he needed to buy a car the other day to be able drive to work. But because he didn't really care about it, he simply bought the first set of wheels that he liked even just a bit and of which he thought the price was right for him. "If I can drive to work and back with it, then that's a great car for me", he thought.
He bought himself a pretty old car to be honest. It certainly didn't look that fancy. The other friend would have dubbed it a piece of junk. But this guy couldn't care less. In fact, he could see the fun of it. In response to my other friend who called his car 'Infinity', this guy decided to give his car a name too. He called it 'Finity'.
I kid you not, this is a true story. What it illustrates is the relativity of 'status' and 'success'. What one person would consider being dignified could be considered by the next person as pathetic.
Like I said, the trap is not with material objects themselves. These are just frequency patterns anyway. The problem comes when we see those objects as the ultimate goals and the very symbols of success that confirm whether we 'made it' in life or not.
It is for this reason that many people look to others to confirm to themselves if they are 'doing well' or if they are 'successful'. When you don't succeed in terms of big houses, big cars, big money, you are often considered as a 'failure', and often consider yourself as such.
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