MY IDEA OF SUCCESS

I thought, success is just a matter of accomplishing something and getting due recognition. Then I say, success is just breaking your own record. But now, if you find it your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded…

On the first issue of the EXA ATTONS, we are presenting what we have done and what we can do. After all, it is only through this that we can be subjective. And I won’t allow the moment to just pass me by.

When we’re just planning for this newsletter, all we have in mind is just to accomplish something and to break past records. But did we care? No. We failed several times because the minute we figure out what’s successful we lost before we even get started. Then we proceed to our next project – participating on the 35th National Rizal Youth Leadership Institute and Philippine Centennial Youth Assembly. Through it, we are now members of the Kabataang Pangarap ni Rizal (KAPARIZ). We are now working for our membership to the National Federation for Student Council (NFSC) and we are applying for the 25th Southeast Asian Youth Journey. But this entails a lot of work and there’s no overstating the extent to which it can corrosive to the thing we value most, which much more than our work is leading a good and happy life. Happiness, are we always happy whenever we succeed? Everybody loves a winner. But how does it feel being looked-up to, being respected a lot and expected a lot? A climber said you should be on top to know exactly how it feels.

In pursuing something, there’s always an inherent gamble. It could either push you up or pull you down. You can win a contest but it can also be your most embarrassing moment. However, wasn’t it a more dangerous gamble in knowing that you want to do something and never doing it? You are then toying with your own fulfillment.

Should we just allow what our instincts tell us? Anyway, we are all going to live, we are all going to die, it’s just a matter of living as healthy with yourself, with other people as you want to be.

Whatever you choose, be reminded of this thought from a speaker in a seminar. “If you find yourself on top of the ladder, please don’t pull the ladder up after you. It is your duty to pull others up to.”