How do you measure success, happiness,,,etc

[lenny]

This says it all for me and I am dead serious,,,,my son. My entire family is everything to me but just stumbled upon these few pics and it really put things back in perspective. Am I ever a lucky man. Would love to hear other perspectives.

 

[gary_in_neenah]

Nice pictures, Lenny! I think the "measuring stick" for happiness and success changes with age. What's important at 18 is not so much at 36. Girls and Cars are replaced by homes and family, not that there aren't exceptions but as we grow older our view of our world changes. We have different priorities as we move through the years.

 

[lenny]

well said, great explanation.

 

[upbarleyboy]

Nice pictures, Lenny! I think the "measuring stick" for happiness and success changes with age. What's important at 18 is not so much at 36. Girls and Cars are replaced by homes and family, not that there aren't exceptions but as we grow older our view of our world changes. We have different priorities as we move through the years.

Hold on a minute......I'm 44, and girls and cars still make me happy.

Seriously though, there is nothing that comes close to bringing me the happiness my family brings me. Your priorities certainly do change once you have kids (at least hopefully they do). My toys are great and bring me happiness when out enjoying them, but can't even be compared to the happy and fulfilling moments my family gives me. As much as I love being on the Harley, or a sled trip with the guys, I can still find happiness w/out it. There is no possible way I could ever find happiness w/out my family.

Kids grow so fast, you need to cherish every step of the way. I refuse to look back and have any regrets when the time comes for our boys to start a life of their own.

 

[durphee]

great thread guys and well said. I have three boys (8,7 and 5) that are the world to me. Unfortunately I am going through a divorce and their mother is trying to move 2 hours away. In Illinois they are allowed to move even though I have joint custody. So now Im stuck in a dilemna between job, kids and travel. This is no fun. Ultimately, if I want to see my kids I will have to sell my house, move 2 hours away and find a way to make my job work. It has been said before, "in the end all you have left is your family."

 

[bigvin]

How do you measure success, happiness, etc.,....?

Every day I open my eyes
Every breath I still get to take
Every chance I get to do something positive
Every memory I get to make
and Every tomorrow I'm given to do it all again!

Wow! (maybe I should put that to music!)

On a truthfull humerous note though,.....
Just being able to "type this" and for You to read it
proves that out of a million + "swimmers",....
We ALL beat the others to the egg!!



Take every minute in,....
Make it all count!

Enjoy! (and Happy Thanksgiving!)

~Brotha Vin

 

[lenny]

How do you measure success, happiness, etc.,....?

Every day I open my eyes
Every breath I still get to take
Every chance I get to do something positive
Every memory I get to make
and Every tomorrow I'm given to do it all again!

Wow! (maybe I should put that to music!)

On a truthfull humerous note though,.....
Just being able to "type this" and for You to read it
proves that out of a million + "swimmers",....
We ALL beat the others to the egg!!



Take every minute in,....
Make it all count!

Enjoy! (and Happy Thanksgiving!)

~Brotha Vin

see, this is exactly why I thought I'd post this thread because when people share stuff like this it really opens the eye,,, thanks everybody, it's really good to hear such positive thinking.

 

[moosehead]

All about health to me...

 

[booondocker]

There are many people who go thru a lifetime without ever realizing the above statements. They are the truly lonely people, and those who realize that there IS nothing as important as your family die wealthy people.

Gary said it best....every single day we evolve from one thing to another....until we no longer can recognize what we were so "concerned with" only a few years ago.

Draw each day in and Respect it! Make a difference, and never regret living a life that you lived as full as possible. Leave a legacy to your kids and grand kids so that they will know how YOU did it and did it well. Hopefully they will follow by example.

 

[fcat700]

You can't purchase this kind of happiness.

 

[scott_b]

Amazing how priorities change.

 

[reiley99]

I got my kids up and on time for school today even a little early.sound like a simple thing but when one is 4 the other is 13 and the oldest is 17 and all 3 goes to 3 different schools . does that. count

 

[Modman440]

Im 21 and my happyness comes from my beautiful pregnant wife our home the dogs and destroying POW in da U,P also my trucks and cars im sure i measure happyness differently than most but one of the more happy times in my life was when i took my wife (then girlfriend ) snowmobiling it was 2 in the morning and we stopped on the side of the trail we just sat there it was so quiet that you could hear the snow hitting the ground and it gave me the best feeling in the world sharing that moment with the person i love the most. As for success i think thats ver individual, i think im very successful for my age but i know others in a much higher way of life that are mt age but its my opion that matters not anyone elses. if you think your where u should be or above that its your thoughts that matter. Dont let someone knock you down.