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National Bird of India
The Peacock, Pavo cristatus (Linnaeus), the national bird of India. It is symbolic of qualities like beauty, grace, pride and mysticism. Peacocok is a colourful, swan-sized bird, with a fan-shaped crest of feathers, a white patch under the eye and a long, slender neck. The male of the species is more colourful than the female, with a glistening blue breast and neck and a spectacular bronze-green train of around 200 elongated feathers it is able to expand its tail erect like fan as ostentatious display. The female is brownish, slightly smaller than the male, and lacks the train. These birds do not sound as beautiful as they look they have a harsh call. The elaborate courtship dance of the male, fanning out the tail and preening its feathers is a beautiful sight. The peacock is widely found in the Indian sub-continent from the south and east of the Indus river, Jammu and Kashmir, east Assam, south Mizoram and the whole of the Indian peninsula. Found wild in India (and also domesticated in villages) they live in jungle lands near water.

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If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
- Anna Quindlen

What is success?
Based on individual perception, one person’s definition of success is often failure of another.

After 17 years of exhaustive research, in 1959 Earl Nightingale concluded that, “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.”
To understand the true meaning of  above quote we have to understand meaning of each word

PROGRESSIVE
When most people think about success, they think about specific goals, and goals are often plateaued. In addition, goals can be up and down, or hit and miss. It is forever moving forward, forever growing into something bigger, something more.

REALIZATION
Awareness is the real trick in life. It is imperative that we always strive to raise our level of awareness in all areas of our life; which works in concert with the Law of Vibration. As our conscious level of awareness increases, our thoughts become in harmony with all things that operate at that vibration, or frequency.

Most people worry about money, so let us use that as an example here. Let’s say that you are currently earning $10,000 per year, but you have a desire to earn $20,000 per year. In order to do that you are going to have to increase your current level of awareness and you begin doing that through research and study. As you begin to study various ways of earning $20,000 per year your mind begins to operate on a new level of awareness, and will begin attracting to you thoughts and ideas on how to earn the $20,000.

So how does that apply in our definition of success? As we are progressing, or continually moving towards our worthy ideal, we want to realize, or be consciously aware of the strides we are making along the way. We heard many times about someone wining a lottery and became a millionaire overnight, only to find out that within in short period of time they are broke and unhappy? Why? Because they were not prepared to receive that amount of money, it was outside of their comfort zone. You see, “getting” the money is not what brings us true happiness; it is the process of getting the money that fulfills us. It is all of the learning and growing that we do along the way. You want to realize, or be consciously aware of your of your wins along the road to your worthy ideal.

WORTHY IDEAL

James Allen, the great Victorian author has written some of the most thought-provoking material that you will find anywhere in the world, and in my opinion, it is all rich with truth. He once said that an ideal is simply an idea that we have fallen in love with. Isn’t that beautiful? To “love” something means to be in complete harmony with it; you relate to it on every level of your being, including consciously and subconsciously. Your subconscious mind is also referred to as the emotional mind, or your “heart-of-hearts,” it is the Divine side of your nature. When that part of you is in harmony with a certain idea, along with your conscious mind, it becomes an ideal.

When I first began to ponder this definition of success, I struggled with the “worthy” part. You see I looked at it as though I had to choose an ideal that I, myself, was worthy of achieving. Based on my previous self-limiting beliefs, I did not feel I was “worth” doing much. However, one should never ask if he is  worthy of the ideal, the question we should ask ourselves is, is the ideal worthy of me?

It was almost impossible for me to think in these terms while holding such a limited view of my potential; this is one of the many unfortunate aspects of growing up with self-limiting beliefs. You fall into the trap of thinking that any contribution you could possibly make to the world must be small. However, as I began to learn more about who and what I really am, my views began to change. As I started to buy in to the fact that I am, indeed, a very special creation, blessed with the ability to tap into an infinite source of supply, I started to realize my potential. I stopped asking what it was that I thought I could do and instead began focusing on what I wanted to do, what the true desires of my heart were.

Now, it is vitally important that you understand the difference between an ideal and a goal. An ideal should be something you are willing to trade your life for; a goal is simply something that would be nice to have. Let me ask you a question. Would you trade your life for a new car? Would you trade your life for a new house? Would you trade your life for a new wardrobe? The obvious answer to all of these questions is and emphatic, No!

When we start to consider what it is we would be willing to trade our lives for, we have to take a long hard look deep inside of ourselves. We have to practice solitude, become completely calm, quiet, and relaxed. We have to listen to our inner-voice for guidance. Bob can often be heard saying, “The sound of God evolves around the Law of Vibration”. When you are completely calm and relaxed you are in harmony with the universe, and it is then that you must really pay attention to that little voice inside – God is speaking to you.

I have always had a deep and profound love for children. I have spent a great deal of time volunteering with various children’s organizations over the years, but I had always wanted to do more. I always wanted to do something that would have a positive impact on the lives of as many children as possible, but the question was always, how could I do that? When I had such a low self-image of myself, I simply could not see how I could have anything positive to contribute. Nevertheless, as I overcame that kind of thinking using the tools I have learned from Bob Proctor, and others; I started to realize that I could make a significant contribution; I just had to keep looking for the best way that suited me.

One evening during a coaching session with Bob, he asked me a great question. He said if there were one thing that I would most like to do for children everywhere based on my life experience, what would it be. Notice he did not ask what I thought I could do, he asked what I would like to do. He told me that the biggest mistake a person makes when they are trying to figure out what they want to do with their life is asking themselves what they think they can do. “FORGET ABOUT THAT!” as he raised his voice, “It’s only what do I WANT to do?”

After our session that evening, I spent a lot of time over the next few days thinking about what he said, and seeking answers from the deepest part of myself. One night it hit me, I heard that little voice within, although the voice did not seem so little. It was loud and clear; I wanted to do everything in my power to prevent children from growing up with the same kind of self-limiting beliefs that I did. I want to help them realize how special they are, and that their potential truly is unlimited.

The more I thought about this idea the more I fell in love with it; it harmonized with every part of my being – it became my worthy ideal.

So what is the real tragedy for me in all of this? The tragedy is, it wasn’t until I was in my late 30’s that I began to ask myself what the desires of my heart truly were, because I didn’t feel I was worthy of having them. Please, I implore you do not allow that to happen with your children. Teach them the importance of consistently asking themselves what the true desires of their heart is. Teach them the importance of quiet contemplation. Of course, their desires will change over the years, and that’s fine. What’s important is to help them create the habit of asking themselves the question, “What do I really want?” Again, not what do they think they can have; what do they really, really want? If they do not get into the habit of asking themselves that question on a routine basis, chances are they are going to wake-up one day and realize they just spent 20 years of their life doing something they had absolutely no passion for.

Identifying your worthy ideal

My mentor told me that there are two things that try and stop us when we are trying to improve the quality of our lives; one’s inside, and the other is outside. The one on the outside is our environment, specifically, other people. Ninety-six percent of the people you and I meet in our life are going nowhere, and yet we allow those people to influence our decisions. How much sense does that make to you? It’s been said that if you really want to make something of your life don’t follow the masses, follow the one or two going in the opposite direction, and you’ll probably never make a mistake as long as you live. Other people do not want to be left behind, but they do not want to change either. Therefore, they will do everything in their power to hold you back, to try to steal your dreams. Do not allow that to happen to your children.

What stops us on the inside are our old paradigms, our old conditioned way of thinking. Like the people we meet on the outside, our old paradigm does not want you to change either, it wants to stay in its own little comfort zone. How does it do that? Every time you start to entertain the idea of doing something more with your life it will start whispering things in your little ear that are designed to hold you back. “How are you going to pay for it?” “Who are you kidding; you don’t have the necessary training?” “How can you make a living doing that?” “What’s your family and friends going to think?” EVIL, that old paradigm is!

When I told Bob I was experiencing this type of thing, he told me not to waste one ounce of energy thinking about HOW you are going to have a positive impact on the lives of children. That is not your job. You can imagine what my reaction to that was…”WHAT? What do you mean that’s not my job, I have to figure out how I’m going to do it before I can begin, don’t I?” He said you do not have to know how you are going to do anything until you have made the firm decision to do it, and when you do, the answers will come. He went on to say that my only responsibility in life is to figure out what the desires of my heart truly are, and then stick to that purpose, maintain your faith, and keep expressing deep gratitude. If you will do that, he said, “then God and the universe would take care of the how-to part.”

Wallace D. Wattles wrote a marvelous book called The Science of Getting Rich. In it, a quote backs-up the words Bob shared with me. Wattles said, “It is not your part to guide or supervise the creative process. All you have to do with that is to retain your vision, stick to your purpose, and maintain your faith and gratitude.” Wattles went on to say, “Nature is friendly to your plans, make up your mind that this is true.” That quote has always been a source of great strength for me on those days that I question my ability to achieve my goals. God’s only desire is to have us live happy, joyful, and love-filled lives; we just allow ourselves to keep getting in the way.

Help your children create the habit of taking time out for quiet solitude. Encourage them to repeatedly seek the desires of their heart, and remind them again and again to have faith, the universe truly is friendly to your plans, and will guide you along your way.

Find the deeper meaning

The definition of success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. I know you want what is best for your children. I do not have to tell you how tragic it is that many of us go through our entire lives without any passion, without a purpose, without any compass to guide us. Although it took me until I was in my late 30’s to realize my worthy ideal, I’m grateful to God that at least I did, in fact find it.

Do not allow your children to wait as long as I did to find their purpose in life. Teach them this definition of success, and remind them to continually ask themselves what the desires of their heart truly are. As I mentioned, those desires will likely change as they grow older, but that’s ok. As long as they are in the habit of continually asking themselves what they truly want out of life, they will eventually find their singular purpose; that one thing they feel would be worth trading their lives for.

By,
Gary Parrish

Too often in our society success is measured strictly by how much money or goods you have. That may be an outward sign of success but it is not “Success”.

Quite simply:

1. Am I doing what I love?
2. Is my business or actions in business performing some kind of real service or need in the world?
3. Do I rank or domineer in my market or expertise among my peers?
4. Do consumers of my services or goods know who I am?

To do what I love, provide something that people want or need, then be known among my peers and consumers as a force to be reckoned with.

Never say never no matter how “tough” everyone thinks your field is. Just keep doing things right and well……the rest will fall into line to some extent.

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“As you’re on your journey to success, do remember to enjoy the trip. Stick your head out of the car window, just like a dog does, and let the wind blow through your hair.”

Peggy McColl
New York Times Best-Selling Author.

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