Why I Believe Success is Progressive not Culminating.

We all want to achieve things in life, but is it healthy to look at success as ultimate or culminating, or is there another way we can look at success which can prove to be more humane? I believe there is. If we look at success as self realizing or the actualization of our entire human beings, we might be missing out on the little and bigger successes that can give ourselves a real sense of accomplishment and happiness! I believe that it is these kind of achievements that we work for everyday, that actually gives us a real sense of accomplishment and that is way more forgiving than if we look at success as the realization of our entire personalities and souls!

What drives us is very important, because we will only feel successful if we are pursuing the things in life that we actually want! When we make goals we should keep in mind the real possibilities of achieving those goals because I personally believe that it is in reaching those goals that we can say I succeed in that thing. It takes humility to keep pursuing something, even when it feels out of reach and the good thing about looking at success as progressive, is that we can adapt to situations when it looks like a goal is becoming impossibly out of reach.

We don’t need to define ourselves by what we have and have not achieved, because when we meet even a small goal, it should give us a sense of pride knowing that our success is not defined for us ultimately. To quote the Bible, “I have not yet arrived” (Philippians 3:12-14) should leave a lot more room for us to really succeed in the things we set out to do! Without being purely motivational, we can’t really accomplish anything in life without feeling that we succeeded in something, so by looking at our successes in a progressive way, we can feel pride in our past accomplishments, and look forward to the things that we want to achieve in the future! This is Mike.

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The Parable of the Ten Virgins.

Matthew 25:1-13 I have discovered a remarkable interpretation of this parable that I would like to share with you. The story in the Bible goes like this: “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. 6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’ 7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’ 9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy som...

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