Day 38 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Success is a Myth
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Lesson 38: Success is a myth...
“Lesson 38: Success is a myth. There are only experiences. There is no culmination of experiences into one peak experience. There is only one experience, and this is the one you are in now. Tomorrow, there will be another experience, different or the same as today. There is no scoreboard, no winning, no tally. When you reframe your concept of success as experiences you would like to create, everything changes.”
Success means and looks different to everyone.
I am to look at success and rethink my idea of success. What does it mean to me, what does it look like to me and what experiences would I like to have?
I personally feel success is based on what you make of your life. Whatever your dreams and goals are, as long as you achieve that in the best way you know how that’s success. I don’t necessarily look at achievements as a success. I look at experiences as a success. For example, if I should push my comfort zone doing some activity like hang gliding, that to me is a success. I’ve used to be accustomed to the dream of having a family, getting a husband, having a good career, being wealthy or owning a house as being successful when I was a child. that does not resonate with me anymore.
Based on Sara’s quote and the lesson, it seems like I’m already there- not really looking at success in a framework that I might have been conditioned with. I’ve said this many times but I live for experience now. It wasn’t a mindset I used to have, but I have adopted it since last year after my own traumatic experience. Every day I log an activity I’ve done for the day in a diary. I find this useful as it means I’m always experiencing something every day. That to me is much more valuable than measuring success that we’re prone to knowing.
What experiences do I desire? Well, I am currently going to more live music and enjoying the atmosphere. I like to read so I am trying to read even if just 50 pages, in a week. I draw when I feel the spark. I am doing this spiritual course and a clearing course – both of which are 365-day lessons. I have started writing the book series that I’ve wanted to since 2016. I’ve started belly dance back up again. And then I study witchcraft and lightwork when I can as well as exercise. I want to continue these activities throughout the year. Things I want to add to this list is researching my ancestry, learn a language, re-learn handwriting skills, resume my piano lessons, start volunteering, go to more art galleries, travel to a new country, learn a new form of dance and focus on my health.
These are actually all my goals for 2018 and I think I will achieve them. The only limiting factor in all of this is me. It’s why I keep a diary of the activities I do daily – to reinforce that I am experiencing every day. You should really try it for yourself – rethink how you view success and think about it as experiencing instead. I can guarantee it changes the way you live.