Heather Jephcott writes

Success

 

A photo is shown of three young men 

two of them still teenagers.

It is now ten years on 

and one,

just one is seen as successful 

by the one carrying the photo.

"Successful," he says, 

"an expensive car, a house

a wife, and children on the way."

"Successful," he says, 

"an excellent position," while

those of a similar age still flounder.

"Successful," perhaps 

because time was used productively,

profitably and the fruits can already be seen.

"Successful," perhaps 

too because he married a women

with a mother who knew the right people.

Who are we to measure success? 

So much goes into making us who we are and what we do.

Rarely do we have no one else to thank for our success....perhaps never. But still, unless we try and keep on trying, moving ahead, we will never succeed.

 

 Three Young Men -- Danny Lyon