Success or Satisfaction?
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What if it’s not success we truly seek in life – but satisfaction?
With each of these quests in my life, I sought success. Or so I’ve believed. But now, I have a new idea. What if success isn’t the goal? What if the goal is simpler? Could it be satisfaction?
Is success really what we seek?
It’s almost impossible not to be online, and at some point or other get bombarded and overwhelmed by notions of success – both real and totally bullshit.
We’re constantly seeing stories about Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and other business “successes”. Likewise, many buy into the idea of success connected to Donald Trump, the Koch Brothers, the Walton family, and others who abuse the system and cause tremendous harm to benefit only themselves.
How do success and satisfaction differ? I believe that’s a matter of measurement. Much of which is based on artifice.
Measuring ourselves against such giants is pointless. They represent a lot of situations, circumstances, luck, and other matters that cannot be duplicated. And, frankly, probably shouldn’t be. Yet still, many buy into this false idea that success is the only thing in life worth having.
But what if that’s not what most of us truly desire? What if it’s really all about satisfaction?
Satisfaction is more than a feeling
Just like success is rather vague and intangible when you attempt to define it – satisfaction is as well.
The feeling of satisfaction is a positive sense. To me, it’s calm, peaceful, contented. Satisfaction is tied to looking around at the notion and thinking “Yes! This is it!”
It goes beyond feeling – it’s almost an instinct. That sense of confidence and completion.
Success is a construct
Satisfaction is real. It’s an attainable, tangible sensation that can have a major impact on us. It opens doors, feels good, and inspires and empowers.
Success, however, is an artifice. It’s a measure that we attempt to reach without understanding it’s a construct. Because it’s an artificial construct, it’s vague and always in motion.
We seek success because we think with it comes ultimate satisfaction. Satisfaction is satisfying. It feels good, and complete, and worthwhile.
That feeling of satisfaction isn’t artificial nor false. And it’s not simply a feeling – it’s thought, intention, action, and conscious awareness. It is an entire sense. Finding it is sublimely empowering.
Closing:
Thank you for joining me for Awareness for Everyone and sharing in this exploration of Conscious Reality Creation and living the best lives we can for ourselves. If you have any questions or comments, go ahead and email me at author@mjblehart.com, or follow me via Instagram and Twitter at mjblehart, and on Facebook at blehartmj. Thank you to Fe Mahoney, the superb artist who created my cover art. If you would like to commission work from her, email her at veinsofink2017@gmail.com and check out her Etsy shop – taliasinspirations. Please visit my blogs, The Ramblings of the Titanium Don, at titaniumdon.com, my articles at mjblehart.medium.com, and my various published books on Amazon. Thank you, and I hope you are discovering how awareness for everyone begins with you – and really is something that you can practice to live more fully and improve your life.
