30-01-2011

Who the man? You the man!

When does a person achieve succes? When they have money? When they have friends? When they have a family? What's my goal supposed to be? All three?

I don't think it's possible for me to achieve all three. Money is not a big deal to me anyway. Sure, it's nice to be able to afford extra's in life, but I can be quite satisfied without some of my luxuries. The only material possesions I couldn't see myself living without are:
*My laptop (half of my life is on that hard disk).
*My accoustic guitar (my only companion in lonely times).
*My watch (only item I own that holds emtional value).

Anything else is placed under the category 'Luxury'. I don't even need a bed. I've lost count of how many nights I have spent sleepin on my floor, using a hoodie as a pillow.

When it comes to friends, I would consider myself a succesful man. I've managed to gain plenty of friends these last few years, even in places where I wouldn't expect to find any. My only wish is that when all my friends start living their own seperate lives, I won't lose track of too many of them, and that for every friend I do end up losing, I gain two more.

I'm not old enough to start a family (logical shit). However, I want a large family when I'm ready for it. Irresponsibly large even. I want to have at least five children (preferably more). There are currently three reasons for that.
1. I want to spread my family name as much as I can.
2. I want to start a new mixture of races with my children (I myself carry caucasian, african and indian in me).
3. I want to share an unconditional love with as many people as I can.

Will living poorly, with a lot of friends and children make others consider me a succesful man? That's highly unlikely. Still, I wouldn't know what else to wish for in life, so this is basically what I'm going for.

Wish me luck...

2 opmerkingen:

  1. Yeah, beds are for woosies!

    I wouldn't consider you a 'successful' person when you achieve this, but if this really works out for you, I would certainly consider you a happy person.

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  2. Being successful is a relative issue.
    One might believe you're only successful when you have a great job and earn a lot of money.

    I personally associate success with accepting all the things that are wrong in your life. When you don't give up on your heart's desire, forgive those who deserve to be forgiven and make sure you don't regret anything.
    So basically, when you find yourself relatively happy, despite the fact that your life could possibly be "more successful" in material terms.
    no coulda, woulda, shoulda. :)

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