Success from a childs view

We all have dreams.

Some of us dream to be an astronaut. Some of us dream of being married. Some of us dream of being rich.

We all have hopes and dreams.

Today in the society we live in, success is determined by our status. If you walk in a bookstore, you would usually find books on how to be succesful or how to create a fortune in only a few days.

Recently I have undergone a big change in my life. I moved to metropolis named Hong Kong.

Changes occurred. I am still at this moment recovering from severe culture shock. I feel like I am going to school again.

At school we are all young, we are all ambitious and we all want to succeed. I feel as if my school, I am in a race to get a prize, and this prize is a degree. All my friends and classmates constantly chatter on who got what grade and how we are to do homework.We all mutter, and are weary of each others gazes, insecure on who is better than who.

There is a girl I sit next to in math class. She is a very hard working student, very focused in class.

Once we had a math quiz. I didn’t do so well, but she did. Just under 100%, but then what I hear from her is

“Ahhh I was soo stupid!”

“Why did i make that mistake?”

I asked her later that week, if she compared herself to others. She gave me a sheepish smile.

Success is improving yourself all the time.

We all walk around aiming for success, because we think we have reputations. Donald Trump thinks he has a reputation.

And this reputation is our pride. Its what we gained, its our successes that have become our identity.

We are so afraid of our reputations being shattered because it’s the only confidence we can get. Its our only way to stand up to each other.

My younger brother doesn’t want to be an astronaut when he grows up, nor he does not want to be a business man.

He never said he wanted to own a Ferrari, or live in a big house.

No.

My brother aspires to be a janitor.

Ha! A janitor?!

He wants to be a janitor because he loves the sense of clean and tidiness. He loves cleaning.

I believe thats the true meaning of success…actually doing what you love and not bothering about money, or reputation.

That is success.

Jeremiah was told by God to spread his word…but no one ever listened to him, people chased him to a well. But Jeremiah loved God, thats what made him such a great success.

Our world today demands worldly success! But what if we could just follow our own hearts?

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Reaching Neveah