“To thy own-self be true,” are some of the most poignant words ever spoken. You can not successfully live as anyone else but you.

Success is very much related to self-knowledge. Mockery and imitation will never render one completely successful. Fulfillment and enrichment of the whole  never result when imitating or taking on that for, which one is not suited. To experience the fullness of success one must be able to deploy all his faculties in his or her pursuits. The whole of the person must be invested.

How can one achieve as someone, he or she can never fully be, or support with his or her gifts ?  For in such a case, It is only the husk of the man, which delves into the experience while the inner being yet thirst. This is why so  many live seemingly successful lives, but yet are  devoid of life, feeling, peace, and happiness. Living someone else’s dream or purposed existence deprives one’s spirit of the life-giving oxygen it needs to thrive. You can only be you and do what you were born to do.

You and only you know what gifts and talents that have been stored up in you. Only you can define your purpose and direction. No one will ever fully know who you are, not even your family and friends, unless you reveal it to them. Therefore, never let someone else  define who you are, what it is you should be doing, or  your unique purpose. Learn the art of discernment, it is the most  powerful tool you will ever obtain.

Many fail to succeed because they have lost themselves in others. They have drowned their dreams and ambitions in a sea of opinions.  People can never see within they can only see without. You must be comfortable with often times rejecting the advice of others. Those who do not, in some distant morning  come to realize that they have lost recognition of self. They have become alien in form.  It dawns on them, that all the  time that has been wasted living out the dreams of others; carrying out someone else’s purpose, can never be regained.This is to lead a life of misery, and entrapment.

From this point there are only two options life or death.

1. Death of dreams, joy, or of the spirit
2. Life through transformation.

One can only live if they  can free themselves and become the person they were meant to be, doing what they were born to do.

This is a self-discovery project.

To know  you requires spending time with yourself. It requires hours of self-reflection, meditation, assessment, and prayer

It is sad that there are so many adrift in the world today, because they simply do not know who they are, or why they exist.

Some are, sadly, perfectly content in their discontent. They do not have the gumption to invest in self-knowledge.  Thus,  their dreams dry up and float away like dust in the wind.

Success is a choice.

Be moved to do all that is necessary to be successful. Choose to be in  control of your life, and its outcome. Don’t let life control you and your choices.