I really love this one. Esp. "I had to reprogram my mindset that I had to love the life I was living now," and "I have faith again that if I just better myself by 1% each day, in time, I will get to where I want to be." Also, "I write to try to inspire others" is a great advice to me.

In the past for I don't know how long, I always thought: "If I have this/become this, then I'll be happy." Well, sometimes goals were reached--then I found I still wasn't happy, because I found more things to worry. Finally, I realized: if I want to be happy, I need to do it NOW, or I will never be happy.

I think the wisdom presented here is "here and now" and "acceptance," which are in line with the teaching of Buddhism and are used in counseling.

Finally, just want to say that from what I see, some "success" measured by materials or money is actually quite random, while the true success--in my opinion, the ones that really help others to be better--might not even be recognized. However, I guess hopefully we know we've reached the true success in our hearts.

Thanks for sharing!