{"id":313,"date":"2013-01-13T15:08:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T15:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meditationiseasy.com\/blog\/?p=313"},"modified":"2013-01-13T15:08:52","modified_gmt":"2013-01-13T15:08:52","slug":"what-it-means-to-be-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meditationiseasy.com\/blog\/contemplation\/what-it-means-to-be-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"What it means to be successful?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have read many opinions on what it means to be successful. In fact, \u00a0I have met many successful people in my life&#8217;s journey till date. During this process, I also got the chance to read many popular books on success. However, the following description of Success as written by the great American philosopher Ralph Waldo \u00a0Emerson is priceless:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 &#8211; 1882) American Essayist &amp; Poet<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Whenever I find myself too absorbed in the pursuit of material gains, the above quote serves as a pleasant reminder to my life path.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I hope, \u00a0in the above quote, you will also find something to reflect upon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have read many opinions on what it means to be successful. In fact, \u00a0I have met many successful people in my life&#8217;s journey till date. During this process, I also got the chance to read many popular books on success. However, the following description of Success as written by the great American philosopher Ralph [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[77],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meditationiseasy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meditationiseasy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meditationiseasy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meditationiseasy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meditationiseasy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.meditationiseasy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318,"href":"https:\/\/www.meditationiseasy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meditationiseasy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meditationiseasy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meditationiseasy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}