Success

I don't like to use the words "Faith" or "Pray(er)."
It's mainly because they are almost always exclusive with God or religion.
But "Faith" is what I have. Only it's in myself, not God.
Some may say they are one in the same-- that God is a part of me.

That's not my version of faith.

My faith, the one I have in myself, is based on the understanding that no matter what happens, I will be alright.
At all those key moments or turning points, I'll know what to do.
I will take the right train.
I will let go of unreturned love.
I will help the one who needs it the most.
I will know even if my life is no longer, the world will continue as it was.

But I will have done my part.

A quote I once admired defined success by having made a life breathe easier because you lived.

That gives validation to my faith.
Success drives my faith.
Not God. Not Ghandi, the Dalai Lama, Buddha or Mother Earth.

Just me. And my will to succeed.