… it’s about how many lives you touch.

How many of us have gravely misunderstood this?

Everyone wants to make a difference in the world, but when push comes to shove, the motivations are usually ego-centered.

Your success in life is NOT about launching that fashion brand or becoming that celebrity yoga teacher, building a wellness empire or even giving to the homeless.

No, it’s much simpler than that.

Success in life, as a human being is in how many lives you touch.

How do you make people feel?

Have you extended a smile to them as a welcome?

Have you extended a hug to them as consolation?

Were you there for them when they needed a friend?

Were you there for them when they were hurting, confused or stuck in their own way?

Were you able to give them a helping hand and guide them to a place of light?

Do you offer yourself in service to others? Or is it all about achieving visibility and making $$$?

What we think of as success today is nothing more than the need to “make a name for ourselves” — to make a living — to have enough $$$ to live on our own terms. Although pivotal to one’s survival, these are matrix goals, not the goals of an enlightened being.

When you are on the path of consciousness, you realize that success is a term that relates to “alignment with the Divine”. When you are fully aligned, you are in the flow of your life and in the flow of abundance.

You don’t sell your soul for a job that sucks it dry.

You no longer have to work harder, you learn to surrender.

You no longer need to impress, you attract.

You no longer need to convince, you align.

You no longer need to hustle, you sit in your knowing that all is coming.

You take your cues from the guidance that comes from deep within, not the demand from without.

This world glorifies materialism. But in reality, this material realm is fleeting. None of it matters–not your job title, your salary, your fancy home/apt, your car, your zip code– none of it defines you.

What defines you is your essence. Your light. Your capacity for love. Your capacity for empathy. Your capacity to be there for those around you– unconditionally and without judgment.

Most have lost their humanity in favor of seeking success in the material realm.

They are not one and the same. When it is more important to “do your job” then it is to “be a good human”, you’ve traded your divine compass for another run on the mouse wheel of materialism. Whereas when you touch lives, you build a legacy that no dollar amount can match. Where do you want to be?

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