If success was a place, how would you know if you got there?

Question yourself such things like where are you going, why should you go there, and what is winning. Where do you see yourself in five years? How about in 10 years? What do you want in life? What are your goals? What can you do as of now to get there? Who can help you and who will pull you down?

Such questions are necessary for you to have vision in life. Your vision is your direction in life. And like a blueprint of a house, you design your vision.

First of all that you should always remember is that you are most powerful in the present time. This is the time you can move forward, a time where you can change...the time you have the chances.

Know your purpose in life

Why do you exist? For whom is your vision is? Greater visions require greater will, and you can't just have the passion based on feelings...because feelings are temporary. It's by choice that things last. Build a strong foundation that wouldn't be easily shaken by society's prejudice, people who knew nothing about you, people who pull you down and anyone who doesn't own your dream.

Move. Fulfill your missions to meet your visions. Take your time, bit by bit, while being happy on the process... with your own pace. Progress is what matters.

Values Drive Performance

Take your values anywhere and anytime with you. Make it you, make it your skin so it wouldn't be a cloth that can be stripped off of you. Your values are who you are. It what makes your personality. Don't lose yourself over a temporary emotion. Control. This takes lots of practice and patience to your own self. You can do this, mind yourself in your words and actions. Be real, be yourself...the best version of yourself.

Risks and Constraints

You don't walk in life on red carpet, risks and constraints are there helping you grow. You might fall, be hurt...feel lost. You don't have to find yourself to find your way again. Life isn't about finding you, it's about creating you...so don't be afraid when you lost your way, you can always direct yourself again and grow from that.

Aside from external factors you in the inside is what's needed to be solidified so no person can completely destroy but yourself. You don't have to see yourself as an enemy and a wild monster that you should chase away. It's part of you, it is you. What you need to do is to tame that monster inside and make it your ally, accept it as you, train it and fight side by side on the battlefield outside, in the world we live in.

Good Relationships

Be careful with relationships with anyone. You don't fight your battles alone. You can't reach your dream alone. We need each other and people that you let in can either break or help you. That's why you have to be careful because they'll have huge influence on you. Having good people by yourself can boost you.

Be the person you wanted to be friends with, a love and kindness that you want to receive. Before you demand for good relationship you have to make sure you're good to take care of that.

Focus and Consistency

It's alright to rest but not to the point that you'll stop and lose your interest. If you really want something then focus and be consistent. Kick in your passion again and again to light your momentum.

"Don't forget the lifestyle you promised to yourself"-unknown

Keeping yourself on right track may include you partying in life. I even dreamed of being able to slack off and just watch anime at my own place. Know your priorities in life.

Rest also cause you to develop and grow

It's a healthy habit that renew you. It brings clarity, give yourself a break. You can put yourself first. Stop beating yourself up such us torturing your mind, punishing yourself over a past mistake, too late unlike other people, messed up and have shortcomings. Don't trap yourself there, you need to breakthrough. If you realized the lesson then do something to be better, nothing will be solved and you'll keep being pathetic if you'll just realized things, blame yourself, then do nothing about it. You can take your time fixing yourself so stop those negative feelings you have, it's okay to have them for a while but it'll be dangerous if they'll linger on you for a longtime like a nightmare every night.

It's alright to disconnect sometimes

You can disconnect to everyone and just enjoy your own company. This will give you time for self-reflection. Taking time to realize how much you've come, looking back seeing how much you went through to grow that much. How you got your mindset and unshaken character. Give yourself the gift of your own love.

God is still preparing you

Your present suffering is just a part of a brighter, better, and worth it future meant for you. It takes pain to have progress. You have to live as a seed in dark to grow as plant in sunlight soon. Your sufferings aren't breaking you, it's shaping you.

Some battles are won in prayer. Don't push yourself too hard over things much beyond your control, pray for those things. It's alright being able to do what you can as of now...after you fulfill your role, leave the rest for prayers.

Compare yourself with your past self

See your own as a competitor and not any other people. It's natural to do that a little but you have to realized that what you should be really doing is focusing on yourself.

Be real and that's imperfectly perfect

Some people wouldn't pay you back with right treatment just because that's what you gave to them. Even if that world have these kind of people, be real. Let's be genuine but don't tolerate any disrespect. Learn to say yes and no without being guilty because that's your choice, that's your right.

Keep Yourself in Private

Protect your peace. Living in private doesn't mean you're hiding, you're just not letting just anyone in because you protect yourself and don't want to hurt anyone. It's alright. Let's be happy inside while accepting reality that brings peace to our soul.

Don't go back to where God has freed you from

We have ones or things we don't wanna let go but it all tore apart since it's not good for us. We might long for it but let's move forward, we deserve better. We learned, it's tempting to go back since it's what we desire but not all we want are good for us that's why God removes those...to replace.

You are not just your past self anymore

Don't mind those who judge you by your past because you're not living there anymore. You learned, you're being better...that's something to be proud of. Jst focus ahead and spread your wings to fly.

Don't depend on luck

Make yourself your own lotto. Have your own time. It's actually okay to not have it all figure out.

After Success?

As I asked earlier, if success was a place, how would you know if you got there?

You're the only one who can answer that.

However, after the success...if you already have that, what do you want now? That why it's alright to not have it all figured out. You can just freely live 'til you feel of having another visions again.

I do believe that success are never ending, we always find another thins we want to accomplish, discovering a new part of us... new world.