Success - What is it really?

Again in today's lecture Tahir Khalid, he asked the audience "What is success according to you? When I ask you to name a few successful people, who is the first person that comes to your mind?". After having said this, he pointed to one of the guys sitting in the audience. The guy said "Bill Gates!". Tahir laughed. "Did you all hear that? He said Bill Gates. I dont blame any of you. It is how you have been taught and you have been made to beleive. You have been made to believe that if you have earned both money and fame in this world, you are successful."

Unfortunately, and sadly this is very true. Each one of us is made to beleive that success lies in the hands of those people who have managed to make money and fame. Why do we beleive so? Is it really success?

We fail to realize our true purpose of existance, when we try to reach for these meanings in life. However, it is also true to understand that one cannot do without these worldly gains. One cannot survive without them.

The secret to true success is to be able to balance the two. Live your true purpose (serve Allah) and also work for your selves.

Its not very easy to reach it, its not very hard either. The only tool that is necessary is the 'Will'.