Definition Essay: What Does Success Means In Life

Success means to live a life in alignment with what brings us real joy. In my case, “success-joy” comes in many guises. At times, in being persistent with my current dreams, others, investing time and energy in what makes my life shine, and that is, without a doubt, when my life is at service of humanity and when I cultivate happy and healthy close relationships. I tend to define success as a state of being, a constant process of unfolding rather than a place to arrive. It is the journey of getting to know ourselves, in order to fully occupy every aspect of what we are; a forever changing aspiration, a state of being in which we realize that life’s greatest rewards spring from our capacity to relate to adversity in innovative ways. I have also discovered that real success shows up again when we debunk and deconstruct every single stereotype and assumption we have about ourselves. In this way, we feel capable to challenge what is commonly accepted as wisdom and then we have the opportunity to change and integrate our values with greater ones. There is an enormous joy when we feel free to play with the possible new scenarios that our imagination and creativity compelled us to try. A successful state of being is alert and grounded within us with the certainty, that the choices we embark on are in resonance with what we consider is the truth of what we are in that precise

moment.
In a way, success is the ability to influence the outcome of my life.

Nowadays, in regard to education, personally I subscribe to the definition that a fulfilled life is the certainty that I am relaying in my own capabilities to self regulate, apply new skills and, find relevance in what I am currently learning. Therefore, the biggest barrier to success will be to get lost in a meaningless life style that is solely concerned with a materialistic approach and tormented with what I have to do to get to a “safe and predictable” future instead of following with curiosity and determination my true

passions.
As an adult learner, the first barrier I had to overcome was my fear to the English language and, therefore, the believe that passing the GED was an almost impossible task to accomplish. Acknowledging fear is a humbling experience indeed. It took me deeper into the substance of education that today, for me, has to do with the internal process of figuring out this new identity that is being born within me. I am changing my beliefs, acquiring new values, setting new goals and enjoying new experiences with the guidance of professors, and especially my relationship with this new generation of students. Integrating my new identity at forty nine years old is a gift. I am enjoying every aspect of being a student. Moreover, I realized that all what I have lived so far was nothing but the foreward of what I am yet capable of living.