Am I successful?

Firstly lets consider the question what is success.Mainly it is a feeling of accomplishment which we measure by payoffs like respect in the eyes of others,monetary benefits,power and self-satisfaction. However we cannot define or measure our success by comparing it with the journey and experiences of others.If we do then we are doomed to be miserable.We have to look at it by determining our own personal benchmarks and judging how far we have travelled in our own journey.Success evaluation is an internal and personal process which should take in psychological, emotional, intellectual, physical and monetary elements of the payoffs.Generally the society at large just observes the outer manifestations of the payoffs( like media visibility,financial capacity or king maker abilities) and ignores the rest of our lives biggest accomplishments. And if we also do that, then the most of our crucial achievements would amount to zero as there is no way one can monetize a happy family life,lifelong friendships,overcoming adversities by sheer courage,blemish free strong character and goodwill earned.We all have unique stories of success hidden in our seemingly ordinary lives.