Thoughts and Other Things

I was recently reminded that this year will be my tenth year out of school. I was reminded by an invite to our 10-year high school reunion. My initial thought was how I was no where near where I wanted to be a decade post schooling. As if that was not enough, now here was a temptation to compare myself to others of my age. A trap. While sifting through the many emotions triggered by this soon to be event, I realized one prominent feeling – fear with a hint of disappointment. I was afraid I wasn’t as successful as I should be at this point in my life. Luckily, God lovingly challenged my definition and understanding of success. I consulted my Oxford dictionary. The main keys of what defined success was achieving something you wanted to do/be and acquiring wealth and fame. My attention was particularly drawn to a secondary definition of ‘succeed’ which is ‘to have the result or effect that was intended.’ I pondered on this last definition because it sounded more substantial than th...