Poem - What's Your Definition Of Success?

What's your definition of success? In this powerful, original poem, poet and storyteller Chels Taylor asks the listener to ponder that very question, prompting a heart-felt exploration of what's really important in life.

Transcript

On the definition of success What's your definition of success?

Is it suits and ties?

Corner offices,

Cars and houses and things that money buys?

The shiny obvs that make us feel a little bit spesh?

The material stuff that makes us forget we're more than bones and flesh?

How do you rate your happiness on a scale of 1 to 10?

And if you had your time over would you do it all again?

Only you can answer and let the truth be known.

In the end what really matters is how much you've grown.

I'm not talking about your height and certainly not your girth.

What I want to know is what your spirit's worth.

Have you traveled far enough along your chosen path to be of service to others and forgive the past?

Living life's a journey,

A privilege and an art.

What matters at the very end is how well you've used your heart.

So spread the love,

Don't hold back,

Be kind and never cruel.

Use your passion like you would use high octane fuel.

Let your joy light you up and it will be contagious.

That's the secret that's kept the human spirit alive through the ages.

It's your turn now so relax and bring a smile to your lips knowing that an open heart is at your fingertips.

All you really need to do is let your radiance out so banish all the fear and shelve any doubt.

Release your truth into the world without inhibition and in doing so give yourself divine pleasure permission to be the person that you know you are meant to be.

Full of heart,

Love and soul,

Vibrant and free.

Reviews

Bless you for your inspired poetry! I too am a poet yet a fledgling one. My mother, god bless her, is an experienced writer and she lengthily praises my every effort. What love!