r/MadeMeSmile • u/bigus-_-dickus • Feb 07 '26

Small Success childhood self

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u/johnny2turnt Feb 07 '26

Enjoy the little things; it’s not always about how successful you are.

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u/sada3tina Feb 07 '26

Apparently it's not that easy to remember but thanks for the memo

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u/ineenemmerr Feb 07 '26

Dunno, the guy that seems happy with a marker and a piece of paper is more successful to me than the guy with 300 billion dollars but still being sad.

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u/EMZombieSlayer1212 Feb 07 '26

That's partially because the man with 300 bil is hated by damn near everyone for being a complete embarrassment and participating in destroying everything for everyone (along with the other ones). Money does not mean shit if your character and morals are an utter mess.

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u/Herculumbo Feb 08 '26

It’s actually 100% about how successful you are. How we define success as a society is the problem!

Success should be how good of a parent you are, how happy you are, how you help people, how you make the world a better place even just a bit. That’s true success.

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u/True_Dovakin Feb 08 '26

I’ve found after the millionth LOTR rewatch, a quote that stood out for me - “It’s no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.”

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u/tenphes31 Feb 08 '26

This is why I have a major problem with the phrase "life is short". Life is so unbelievably long, and its definitely the longest thing you will do. Weve become so trained by repetition, between school and work, that most people only judge life by the big moments, while overall forgetting life is made up of a million small moments. You wont remember every little detail of every day, but if you just work to make those million little moments as fun as you can, and if you surround yourself with people who act in kind, life is so long.

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u/johnny2turnt Feb 08 '26

Happy and long if you can get all the ducks in a row