What is Success???

I don't really appreciate the fact that every time someone speaks of a successful person or the media portrays a successful person it is always spoken in terms of how much wealth they have acquired or their position in life as compared to someone else. I don't like this because it is not a man or woman's wealth and standing that decide their self worth, and it creates a huge pressure amongst people to be something they don't want or to feel bad about things they may not be or have.This societal definition is being passed on from generation to generation, instead of parents saying "success is being happy and content with your life and yourself" (which would cause a growth spurt of successful people) they are saying "Your not going to be successful unless you have a certain career, house, family etc" this is creating the opposite effect in society. This is why society is in the state it is in because we have placed our self worth on things..so people are always looking outside of themselves for worth when they should be looking inside and living from there..society would be so much more successful and functional.
In order to live from your authentic self you must determine what success means to YOU..write it down and then achieve it. There is no right or wrong here there is only You and Your dreams so don't let the expectations of another stand in the way of your happiness...Be content and happy with who you are and always come from a place of self love.

Success = Following Your Dreams NO Matter What Others Say- True Story

This is a true story which is still unfolding and one in which I am very grateful to have and continue to watch unfold.
This story started when a young boy - 5 to be exact decided he was going to be a fashion designer and an artist and let me tell you the clothes this boy could design and draw when he was 5 were incredible they weren't just the triangle dress on a stick person.OH NO, these were intricate drawings of women - who looked like women, wearing beautiful gowns complete with accessories- I was shocked when he showed me them and asked "would you wear these?" - he was 5. and I sincerely, answered "Yes".
Needless to say when a young boy is into drawing women and clothing and not into typical "boy" things life can be a bit stressful and may make some pretend they like things they don't or don't like things they do...NOT this boy he continued being him, he was the colorful dalmatian amongst the black and white ones.
As he grew into a teenager he maintained who he was, never faltering and when he was 14 years old he decided he wanted to go to Parsons School of design and live in New York- "Ok" I said "then that is what you will do" he would design and design and the fabulous part was he would design something and then you would see it on the run way- fashion tv was always on- after he designed it and he was 14. It wasn't easy for him to maintain but he did.
He is 19 years now and he has a fashion blog- for which he was contacted by some top designers in New York to blog about their line- which he did and was able to have a phone interview with them as well.
We also have since moved to a larger city so he can make some connections with people like himself and 1 month after we arrived he secured employment with a company he has wanted to work for since he was a 15 years old, they also have stores in New York and due to his hard work over the past 4 months they have promoted him to Assistant Manager. He has also submitted drawings for their review and still maintains that he will be going to New York and be a very successful fashion designer.
I believe he will too.