Success or Value - Whats real and important?

“Try not to become a man of success rather try to become a man of value.”
–Albert Einstein

Read a famous quote from Einstein and thought what an amount of hidden value this has and these were my thought written as words.

I want success, its my dream, its my life, i dream of it every morning and night and thats my thought all day long, sounds familier isint it?
Look into you, thats what you have been reciting all these years.

So whats success?, typically we associate success with an image of expensive cars, things, a big house and the things that we hardly would even want, so success = things.
We all need things, but associating success with it is where all the problem starts.

     Try all you want to become a man (or woman) of success.  It will likely happen if you try often and with clear focus.  However, if you are merely

seeking those images, then you will be just another example of how money doesn't buy you everything.

     Try to become a person of value, and it won't matter to you if you have success or not.  Becoming a person of value means that first, you are of

value to your own existence, and second, you are of value to the existence of others.  Being a person of value may mean having those images of success,

but if it does not, you will find that it truly does not matter to you.

     Here is an idea that many people don't seem to like:  no matter who, no matter what, every person acts out of selfishness.  Mother Teresa acted out

of selfishness.  Of course, this requires a broader definition of selfishness as we typically see it.  Call it “conscious selfishness.”  When Mother

Teresa helped countless people, she did so out of the deep yearning that came from within.  It was the best way that she found to serve her passion.

Just live your life like a downstream river, mould the curves, adapt to the currents, and play with the corners and hit the rocks, make choices that serve what you regard as your highest value and just see what happens and not the temporary wants.

Stop worrying about success, it cant go anywhere else other than lining up with your passion, your passion should be of service, of value, no matter if its for you or better for the whole world.

If you have this kind of a mindset following values rather than chasing the illusionary world of success, everything you want will definitely be right there in the perfect moment you wanted it...

So decide for yourself what success is for you, what ever you wanted you have it, or what ever you wanted you chase it it keeps eluding you at the right moment.