I just had a great couple of weeks with my cousin Jason Marcela and their 2 beautiful girls, Jasmine and Ashley! Went to Florida,visited 3 theme parks and ate allot. It was so much fun!
I had to drop them off at the airport last Sunday. The 3 weeks that they were here with us seemed like a dream! And i didn't have a good cry about it until today. I really miss them..But i know that the world is getting smaller. Plus we're working on a tour through New-Zealand and Australia in April, so i hope to see them soon.
I was remembering a conversation i had with Jason last time i was in Sydney. I had spent most of the day with him and he was dropping me off at my cousin Nat's house.
I had had a lot of questions and worries about my future, which formed a mini storm in my mind. J and i pulled into Natalie's drive way, he pulled my things out of the boot (trunk), as he did so He asked me a question that sort of took me off guard. He said, 'charmy, what does it really mean to be successful, to you? What is success?
I fumbled around some cliche answer, but in reality, all my answers were so superficial, so shallow.
In all honesty, i didn't really believe my own answer.
Without any comment on my little speech on what success is, he went on to tell me what his story has been.
He grew up in a strong and influential family,always has loved music, he sings, writes, and produces. He married at an early age, had a baby girl thought that music was THE thing he was to do for the rest of his life, maybe success had come! Toured with a music ministry for a while, with his wife and his brand new baby girl.
But life on the road in Australia is difficult and doesn't pay enough, not for a small family to survive.
To cut a long story short he had a house that they had to move out of. He moved in with his parents. Things were not working out the way he thought it would. Struggling to make ends meet, where was his success now? Where was "the good life" he had wanted?
Marcela (whom i look up to very much) his wife, saw more than Jason could see at times. She believed in him.
Jason decided to go back to school (Graphic design). He ended up graduating from his classes with high distinction! Companies left and right wanted to work with him. He thought that he had now arrived and you could say that financially he did.
But in his heart nothing had changed. The good life which is now available to him paid him no comfort like he thought it would.
Where was the fulfillment? The bliss that came with "making it"? Wouldn't you know it? It wasn't where He thought it would be.
Jason had the Epiphany of his life. He walked in the way of Love Himself or as best as he could and found what he was not seeing, all the time.
Marcela is his castle. Their children are their crowning jewels and glory. The love that they have for each other is the solid foundation.
He had it all along....Success!!
So...although you may be bombarded with the standards this culture, your peers, your parents or even yourself says you should have, in order to 'make it'.
I hope you find something more.
A foundation made by Love Himself. A castle built with true companionship. And crowns full of priceless jewels.
May that be your success.
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