A very sensible point Suman. I will try and respond in line to your comment to try and do better justice to it:

– Success needs to be redefined and so does failure

Fair point, I think our capability for success and failure keeps changing as we grow each day. The goal gets clearer as we reach closer. Sometimes we end up changing this goal and sometimes, it is taken over by a better one. It is almost as if both success and failure are ephemeral. Their presence is only at a certain point in time and if we are mature enough to treat these as incidents, we can look at creating further changes in them. I believe the most important point is to keep growing from every incident and expanding our capabilities. Without change or redefinition of these elements, success or failures mean very little as constant entities.

Perception of success and failure

– I like your elucidation through the example of a journey to bangalore from Delhi. The idea of success or failure is very much dependent on our feeling at that point in time. Although in this scenario, the end goal was to reach from a source to a destination, there is a significant impact of the type of journey we take and the emotions we go through with them. Perhaps in this example, there is a sense of success and failure in the feeling and the emotions we have through the process. It takes the focus from an objective definition of success or failure into a creative framework which can bring a lot of life into each of these experiences.

And yes, we need to relish each part of this journey or else the entire journey makes no sense. It is our own personal story to tell in the rich saga of our lives. If we can try and live each moment to the fullest, then the reward is the beautiful journey in itself.

Thank you for your thoughts, truly liberating.

Thanks Pranita, it is always nice to be appreciated. I have a huge liking towards Winston Churchill’s collection of quotes. They have a sense of urge and rush to them. Would love to hear your thoughts on success, failure, perseverance and how they all tie together for you.