How do you define success in life?
For me, the answer kept changing, and that change itself became the lesson.
In school, success was simple. Get maximum marks. Be the topper. That was the whole definition.
In college, success changed. It became becoming a medical graduate.
After graduation, it changed again. It became getting into a good clinic, building a practice, proving myself.For all those years, I thought all people are alike.
Study, marks, job, results. That was the only thing that mattered. If I worked hard, life would be smooth.
Then life introduced me to different personalities. Some warm, some difficult, some who could never be pleased.
For a long time, I thought the answer was to adjust. To stay quiet, to understand that they are like that, to bend a little more.
With time, I started asking a different question.
What is the issue here?
Why should I adjust every time?
Why should my peace be the price for someone else’s behaviour?
That is when my definition of success changed again.
Right now, success is understanding tough personalities.
Not to fix them, not to win against them, but to see them clearly.
To know when to engage, when to set a boundary, and when to step back.
To go along in life while preserving myself.
Homeopathy taught me to see the whole person, not just symptoms.
Life taught me the same. Success is not only what I achieve. It is how much of myself I protect while I achieve it.
If your definition of success has changed too, tell me in comments. Save this for the days you forget how far you have come.
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