by Alexander Green
A successful life is not about the grim determination to get or have more. Nor is it about low cholesterol levels or intellectual brilliance or career accomplishments.
It’s about human connections: parents, siblings, spouses, children, friends, neighbors and mentors.
Without them, life quickly loses its flavor, whatever material successes we enjoy. Lasting satisfaction is rare outside of meaningful, human relationships.
Look back at your life and you’ll almost certainly find that the most significant moments were births, deaths, weddings and celebrations.
Your most profound moments? When you touched others… or they touched you.
In times of suffering - loss, sickness, death - it is not prescriptions, formulas, or advice we seek, but the healing presence of another.
When we forget this - when we think only of ourselves - we choke the source of our development.
Real meaning comes from taking care of those you love, letting them know how you feel.
Fortunately, we have countless opportunities to give a bit of ourselves each day through a thoughtful act, a word of appreciation, or a sense of understanding.
True success “is more about us than me.”
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