Success?

I have recently found out from my computer savvy brother that blogs are like an online journal, as opposed to a photo album. With that being said I've decided to share some of my thoughts. Malcolm's grandma died last week and we went to her funeral a few days ago. There were so many people there. Grandma Felt had twelve children and they all had children and those children had children and really it just keeps going. The Felt family is also unlike any other family I have met. They all love doing things on the edge. They are all traveling, starting businesses and moving to every end of the earth. I listened in envy during the conversations about London, and Paris, and California, and Indonesia. I awed at the many business ideas and money making strategies. What a family! I was a little mad, I felt a little robbed. Malcolm and I have faced obstacle after obstacle, trial after trial. We conquer one only to find the next one knocking at our door. This is not a pitty party, but these feelings did inspire an internal reflection. What was our problem!! I screamed bitterly to myself. Why can't we see the world, why can't we just be successful? Was it because we married young, was it because we had our baby soon after that?
And then I stopped myself (begrudgingly for sure) maybe my definition of success is different. Maybe my definition of success was wrong. For many people...like my brother Scott, marriage and a family is the ultimate success.
For those who can't have children, we are VERY successful.
For Heavenly Father we have succeeded in many ways as well.
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What is success then? Is a line, is it clear cut. What does it mean to be successful? I want to argue that success is not meeting any goal, or passing such finish line. It's being happy with what you have and where you are at. This is not complacency, for this is the opposite of success. But perspective in your life. Perspective enough to see that tomorrow is only 13 hours away, and with tomorrow you have the opportunity to accomplish many more things. Perspective enough to be happy with your circumstances.
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Maybe this is success. I don't know. I still want to have more money and see more places and have more time, and be with my husband more, and have a bigger house and have more energy and have a degree and have a wonderful job. Man, I want a lot of stuff.
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I would consider my success somewhere along the lines of contentment with a small dose of excitement and want to do a little more, see a little bit more, be a little bit more.
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According to the dictionary success is the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors. So maybe at the end of my life when I am kneeling at the feet of my Savior, I will, along with my God, determine my success.