Mr me to Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 Simple but true... Success is the best revenge 2
oracle Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 Simple but true... Success is the best revenge Not really. Success is when it doesn't matter anymore. When the term revenge wouldn't even factor into it for you, when you wouldn't even want it to. When you are content knowing that the person you once cared for is alive, well and doing fine. Success is when you have moved forward from it at that level and you can file the experience into past memories, and build new ones upon those.... always learning, and always growing along the way. The success you talk of is competitive. We can't bring competition into our romantic relationships with others, because in a competition someone WINS and SOMEBODY loses, and if thats the case within the context of love then everyone is losing. This holds true even when a relationship is over. Its not a race to move on first, get married first.. have a better looking spouse etc. etc. That competition is all an illusion, a race played out in your head against yourself. You win... when you find peace from all they pettiness 9
Onmymind Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 The above is completely true, life is ironic because it's indifference that parallels success. Success would assume the requirement of care, but it's when you're able to passively stop caring about the continuation of a past chapter, that's when you reach success. Sucess is also in the eye of the beholder, Sucess may be independence, or the ability to sustain happily and healthy in a new partnership. Some people want solidarity and independence, some want companionship. Life is so easily bent to your own reality, perhaps Sucess is when you're able to create your own reality without fear or dependency on copying other peoples reslities. 3
oracle Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 Well said 'onmymind' One of my favourite quotes from a movie put it so simply, yet so elegantly... "The only real true measure of success, is how well you cope with disappointment." Amen to that 3
Onmymind Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 2 for 2 oracle, OP this stuff may not be your mindset now, but I'm sure time will allow you to evolve into something like it, sometime that fits your perception of life, happiness and perseverance. 1
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