Success is accepting God's will for your life, and at the end of each day, knowing that you have lived your life in a way that has touched someone around you.

 

It took me over 30 years to fully feel the joy of success and to understand its meaning completely.  I have always been an achiever...I graduated with honors, finished college with honors and hold several degrees.  I taught school for nine years, and I hold a degree in Library and Information Science and worked as a school librarian as well.  Each day, I joyfully completed my job, but I also felt that I was not doing all that I could to complete God's plan in my life.

When my husband and I had our little girl, a true miracle, I chose to become a full time wife and mother.  I knew that was just what I was supposed to do, and I was sure it would complete my feeling in searching for my calling.  I have thoroughly loved being at home, but after some time, I realized I was still searching for my own personal success...seeking that will for my life.

My sister was diagnosed with cancer several years ago, and our close knit family was torn apart emotionally.  Her spirit and her attitude about her illness was an inspiration that led me to my inner peace about finding my own meaning of success.  I realized that success is personal satisfaction with who you are and what you are doing to change the lives of others.

I immediately became involved in cancer awareness, fundraisers, American Red Cross blood drives, and seeking to change the things in the world that need to be changed...one person at a time, with that one person being me.  I am now fully devoted to simply making a difference in the many passions that have become my purpose.

I absolutely believe that we can change the world, one person at a time, by simply doing one thing every day for someone else...one thing that someone is least expecting. These acts, big or small, will truly change you, and they will change the people around you...what a feeling of success knowing you have made a difference!

"Never underestimate what a simple gesture can do. It is the little things that you do that make a big difference in other people's lives."
-Catherine Pulsifer