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Q. Maple:
Tell
me how do you define a successful person. How can an unemployed person can live
a meaningful life and attain a respectful position in society.
Don't we have
double standards, by one we can be can achive good deeds, and the other the practical
one we can attain material success.
With first kind of success we live hard
life.
What standards do we need to live a complete life.
Thank you Nadia
A.
Life teaches us about
our success. Success comes from within. It isn't about proving oneself to others
or to society. Be your own unique person.
Spirituality also shows us that
material wealth becomes meaningless. It isn't important whether you are working
or unemployed. Life is about giving -- giving unto others unconditionally. Its
what you do with your life that brings meaning. If you are not happy within, you
can't pretend to the world you are. Mostly
the "work" we do for others brings spiritual success and gratification. Be
conscious of trying to do something for others each day such as:
opening an
door for someone, letting someone in front of your car as you drive, try making
a pleasant conversation at the long lineup at your grocery store. SMILE. Everyone
should try these small works each and every day. Another
excellent project one can do if you don't work is volunteer work. This is very
rewarding. Find a project you are interested in. Volunteering is so diverse from
working at a hospital, caring for seniors, horseback riding with parapeglics,
helping at non-profit organizations. Most
of us think that happiness is an ideal to be earned by a lifetime of striving
and hard work. We put off immediate gratification to plan and save for the future.
Then as mature individuals who have earned our golden years, we encounter an unpleasant
surprise: happiness still eludes us. The dreams of a happy retirement fade as
we find that life is, as always, filled with its usual ups-and-downs, perhaps
even more complicated by physical infirmities, crashing jobs, and other complications.
Think positive
and embrace each and every day to the fullest. Best wishes, AskMaple.
LIVE
A LIFE THAT MATTERS..... Author: Unknown -- I love this poem.Ready
or not, someday it will all come to an end.
There will be no more sunrises,
no minutes, hours or days. All
the things you collected, whether treasured or
forgotten, will pass to someone
else. Your wealth,
fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It
will not matter what you owned or what you were owed. Your
grudges, resentments, frustrations, mean spirit and jealousies will finally disappear. So,
too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will expire. The wins and losses
that once seemed so important will fade away. It
won't matter where you came from,
or on what side of the tracks you lived,
at the end. It
won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.
Even your gender and
skin color will be irrelevant. So
what will matter?
How will the value of your days be measured? What
will matter is not what you bought,
but what you built;
not what you got,
but what you gave. What
will matter is not your success,
but your significance.
What will matter
is not what you learned,
but what you taught.
What will matter is not
what you gave in to
but what you stood up for. What
will matter is every act of integrity,
compassion,
courage, love or sacrifice
that enriched, empowered or
encouraged others to emulate your example. What
will matter is not your competence,
but your character. What
will matter is not how many people you knew,
but how many will feel a lasting
loss when you're
gone. What
will matter is not your memories,
but the memories that live in those who
loved you. What
will matter is how long you will be remembered,
by whom and for what. Living
a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's
not a matter of circumstance,
but of choice. Choose
to live a life that matters.
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