Copyright (c) 2012 Ian Clark
Would you agree most people want to be successful and therefore most people are chasing success? Look in the dictionary for the definition of success. Success is simply a measure of the degree to which an individual or group accomplishes an aim.
But this does not measure the joy, the contentment, the satisfaction or the blissful happiness of the individual or group in the pursuit of that aim.
The whole purpose of our lives is to discover what fulfills us and do it. It's why we're here.
Success is mostly measured against individual tasks or aims and not as a collective whole. People can have a successful career or business yet may be working 80 hours per week and be fed up to the back teeth and unhappy with what they are doing.
Further, even if their career or business is successful and they do gain meaning and pleasure from this undertaking, other areas of their life such as relationships or health and well being may be desperately neglected and in need of lifting. Fulfillment to me encompasses every facet of an individual's life.
To measure life in terms of how fulfilled an individual is, to me is far more meaningful. Living a life of fulfillment as I express it here means to live your life at a level to which it offers you satisfaction, contentment, gratitude and feelings of deep joy and appreciation. How many of us can say with complete honesty we are grateful for every aspect of our life?
All too often seemingly "successful people" tragically go down a variety of avenues of "pain relief," in whatever form that might take, in order to try and eliminate the discontent in their lives. This would certainly not be the case if their lives were fulfilling them.
To lead and live a fulfilling life should be the aim of each of us. It is the sole reason for each of us to be present here on this earth, yet all too often this gets lost. It is the birthright of every single one of us on the planet to lead a fulfilling life. And believe it or not it is actually easily attainable by every single one of us. It's just that we go through our lives falsely believing success will bring us happiness.
Spend some time doing something that fulfills you - you'll be amazed how you will feel.
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Ian Clark is an author, educator, researcher, results coach and founder of Your Journey To Fulfillment. He believes YOU, yes YOU, have the power to create anything and everything you wish to in your life - the only issue is - if you're like most people, YOU don't. Want to discover how to achieve everything you want in your life? It's easier than you think! For more information, visit http://www.yourjourneytofulfillment.com NOW!
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