I used to think that being a success meant wanting for nothing.  Successful people drove the nicest cars.  They lived in the biggest houses.  They had the best of everything.  They owned their own businesses, worked a few hours a day, and never had to worry about anything.  Everything that they touched turned to gold.  Your life was measured by the size of your bank account.  Success was all of this and more, and I wanted it.  I wanted to be successful.  To be sure, none of these things are bad.  If the opportunity were to arise, who in their right mind would turn any of these things down?  In and of themselves, these are good things.  The question is this: Are these things alone what make a person a success? We've reached a point as a nation where success measured by this standard seems less and less likely.  Our economy stands on the edge of a precipice, with disaster and ruin a hair's breadth away.  It sometimes...(Read Full Post)