For me, success is being true to my Self while doing what most fulfills me, and living comfortably.
When I consider my definition of success, I recognize how incredibly successful I am - right now! Success isn't something that eludes me. In fact, I would argue that at one time, I eluded success by living according to other people's values and definition of success! What I have discovered, is that as long as I am being true to my Self and doing what most fulfills me, I find myself living comfortably, enjoying my friends and family, truly growing spiritually, and living a very rich and joyous life.
It is so incredible to me how every thing I intentioned for myself two years ago has manifested, exactly as I asked for it. Part of creating what I currently have, was owning that I am the creator of my experience and life. Every thought I choose to think creates my reality, creates my experience, and due to the law of attraction creates my future.
With this shift in consciousness came a great opening up to the possibilities and the realization that I had been operating on someone else's definition of success and not my own. If taking responsibility for my experience and creations was the first step, the second step was clarifying what it was I truly wanted - creating my own definition of success. This really required a great deal of exploration, getting in touch with my higher Self and the willingness to hear what I really wanted in life.
Believe it or not, it was hard for me to hear that I wanted to be an artist, writer and life coach. Of course, it made perfect sense that I would want these things since they were in complete alignment with the kinds of things I dreamt of being "when I grew up," But they weren't consistent with what I felt society expected from me. As I shed other people's definitions of what was right and good and profitable, I tuned into my own voice to find out what was right and good for me.
Step three was recognizing that we naturally gravitate toward our true calling, and that if we live in alignment with our true selves, being and doing what comes most natural to us, the Universe - Spirit - will support us one hundred percent, and we will absolutely experience success. Instead of focusing on what I disliked and didn't have, I consciously began filling my Self with all the things I loved and wanted.
As I supported the positive aspects of my life, the negative habits, patterns, thinking, ways of being and doing that weren't serving me began to fall away. There simply wasn't room for negativity any longer. There simply wasn't room for an unfulfilling job or relationship. They just didn't fit any more. The negative falling to the side only created more room for the positive to grow and fill up the space.
Today, have an incredible, loving relationship with someone invested in spiritual growth; I create beautiful artwork which sells on my art websites; and I coach wonderful people who are ready and willing to live their lives more fully, which all the rich experiences the Universe offers!
So, what does success mean for you?
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