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How do you look at your life?

Do you measure your success by

How much money you have?
The love you have?
By the fun you have?

Or other possible measurements?

How are you doing with that?

Are you rich, in love, going on adventures?

Do you measure it by the friends who you can have deep conversations with?

What about the number of people who would show up to help if you were in crisis, or who call to check up on you?

What is your definition of success?

Maybe you measure it by the amount of peace you feel on any given day.

That you send good vibes to people in need, or how a random conversation changed your life.

If you are comparing your success to others, then your values and their values are representations of what each person deems most important.

Remember that comparing may not be in your best interest.

— Nicole Barden 2/5/2021

Originally published in Illumination on Medium