Success. It’s different for every person. We all gravitate towards those individuals in society that we deem successful, but what about your and my personal success?

Success. It’s more than driving a fancy car, living in a fancy house, and associating with fancy people.

Success, according to dictionary.com, is "the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one’s goals."

One can have and experience success in many aspects of life. A mother may define success based on the aspirations of her children. A teacher may define success based on seeing the student he or she once taught graduate from grade to grade. As college students, we may define success as maintaining A's on our tests, essays, and assignments.

Some may define success as getting hired at a job they desperately craved. Others may define success as stepping out of their comfort zones and moving passionately forward to the vision they see in their heads.

Me?

When something I have written has benefited another person's life, I'm successful.

When I can major in my passion, I’m successful.

When new opportunities parade themselves in my face upon each waking day, I’m successful.

I’m successful, indeed, because I made it out of my mother’s womb and lived to see the age of 19.

Simply put, I’m successful because I’m alive.

In what ways are you successful? Reflect upon your life and define success for yourself. Stop to smell the roses in your life, because sometimes we can find success in the little things we may not give a second thought to.

Give a second thought. Then continue to succeed.