Are You Successful?

Read Joshua 1:8

A man or woman is successful:
-When they think more of touching and influencing people than of reaching commercial goals,
-When they can step down and out of a position of trust and responsibility with the same grace as they stepped into it,
-When they can rejoice in the success of others and smiles at their own small defeats,
-When they follow truth, justice and equity no matter where they lead or unpopular their cause.
How about you? Are you more aware of touching people or the next rung up the ladder? Where is your focus? Do you recognize people as people or as opportunities for advancement? Truly successful people are those that want to touch people knowing that if they do, they will advance.
Can you have something removed from your possession as graceful as it is given? Sometimes it is easy to receive, but hard to let go. It is easy to receive the loving care of a spouse, but very difficult to let them slip away into glory. When that happens, can you deal with it gracefully? If so, you are successful with a capital S.
Are you willing to work your finger to the bone and watch someone else receive the accolades for your efforts? If so, you are successful.
Do you stand for what is right, even in the face of torment and rejection from others? The sign of success is not found in how we operate in the midst of many friends, but how we operate when those friends desire to do something that you know is wrong.
One more day of talking about success. See you tomorrow.

“Success is dependent on effort.”
- Sophocles