So what is true success? Many people would say, “its when you have a well paying career,” or “a lot of money,” or “a real big house,” or “fame” etc.. Usually the answer is based on the accumulation of stuff you have gained in your life.
Success brings enjoyment, a sense of accomplishment, success makes you feel good inside. But unfortunately the things mention above is not true success because it does not give everlasting happiness. Don’t get me wrong, those things above are signs of success in a worldly point of view, but the feeling of success will die out and will make you want to obtain more and more, or newer stuff.
True success starts from within, and then it is projected outwardly. True success resonates, it stays. True success requires no material object or stimulation. True success is free. True success is love for yourself, for others and for everyone. True success will reflect on your everyday life, in your marriage, in your family, in your friendships, in your speech, in your way of thinking, on the way you act.
Once you have success within, you will then enjoy the successes that you have accomplish on the outside of yourself (goals & careers etc.), because you will then be satisfy with what you gain and not waste your life chasing for more and more success, but use your life and your time helping and saving sentient beings.
Therefore, is true success about only having so much success within? No! You must share that success that you have gained, pass it on to others, spread the love, spread the joy, spread the Dharma.
