2007-03-23 17:27:10 · 21 answers · asked by Ũniνέгsäl Рдnтsthέisт™ 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Your question is a good one, but from my perspective, it's impossible to answer. The reason for that is because my major concern in this life is "What does God think of what I'm doing?"
I suspect that there are things which I regard as failures, but He sees them as successes. There are also things which I think of as successes, but He sees them as failures.
I know that what I'm saying may sound a little strange, but God's ways and views aren't ours. He sees the "big picture" of how my choices and decisions will ultimately affect who I am. But I'm locked into time, and I can only see the short-term effects of those decisions.
Only when I step out of time and into eternity will I understand the ramifications of all that I did in life. And what I want most to hear from God is, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."
That's why I must depend on His guidance and His wisdom, rather than trying to act in ways that I think are going to make me a success in His eyes.
2007-03-23 17:43:28 · answer #1 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Subjectively speaking, there are no facts which determine if any life is a success or failure. A life is a success if the person living it thinks it is. Success is, after all, nothing more than the art of being happy.
Objectively speaking, any life is successful if it procreates.
2007-03-23 18:17:55 · answer #2 · answered by pepper 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Me personally, it's how I feel. Feelings are the language of the soul. When I am happy, my life is a success. I think sometimes that when I am old, I would like to look back on my life with satisfaction, to think that I made good choices and had lots of adventures, and left loving people to continue in my wake.
Regarding others, though - "Envy not success, nor pity failure, for you do not know what is success or failure in the soul's reckoning." --Neale Walsch, Conversations with God
2007-03-23 17:34:30 · answer #3 · answered by KC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all up to you, only you can determine what defines your life as a success or a failure.
2007-03-23 17:29:53 · answer #4 · answered by Daisy Indigo 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is a success, I have treated people with compassion, I have brought my children up well, I have helped alot of people in different ways, what more do I need? I have inner peace in knowing that I have been the best person that I could nothing more.
2007-03-23 17:36:56 · answer #5 · answered by CelticFairy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If my children grow up, become productive members of society, and can look back on their childhood in a good way, my life has been a success.
2007-03-23 17:34:25 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think everyone has different standards for that. I want to see my kids grow up happy, healthy and fulfilled. I want my marriage to last 50+ years. Those things would make me feel like a success.
2007-03-23 17:30:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-20 08:05:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To myself, success will be keeping my faith in Christ Jesus. To turn away from Jesus would be the ultimate failure to me!
2007-03-23 17:35:49 · answer #9 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If one life has breathed easier because you have lived, then your life has been a success.
2007-03-23 17:33:44 · answer #10 · answered by Red neck 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋