What is the biggest moment of success in your life?

[Fnaar]

Having my first book published... seeing it in a bookshop ... seeing someone reading it on the train ... being told by the publishers that sales had topped 50,000

 

[Smudge]

Beating all my contemporaries to the egg, from then on it all went downhill. A life of shattered hopes and dreams leaving me a broken shell of a man.
Still. onwards and upwards eh.

 

[Dirk]

Winning my first Isle of Man TT trophy.

 

[Milzy]

I did some boiled eggs once & they were perfect.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Being born, and having a life at all, let alone, a healthy one, in a rich country, at a time of relative stability, in a time mostly free of disease, is a wonderous thing. It's so highly improbable that these things should happen, that's it's hard to beat the success of being alive, everything else is window dressing.

 

[EltonFrog]

Beating all my contemporaries to the egg, from then on it all went downhill. A life of shattered hopes and dreams leaving me a broken shell of a man.
Still. onwards and upwards eh.

 

[EltonFrog]

Being born, and having a life at all, let alone, a healthy one, in a rich country, at a time of relative stability, in a time mostly free of disease, is a wonderous thing. It's so highly improbable that these things should happen, that's it's hard to beat the success of being alive, everything else is window dressing.

You’re a glass half full sort of person ain’t ya?

 

[Milzy]

Being born, and having a life at all, let alone, a healthy one, in a rich country, at a time of relative stability, in a time mostly free of disease, is a wonderous thing. It's so highly improbable that these things should happen, that's it's hard to beat the success of being alive, everything else is window dressing.

Exactly. I know of a guy who’s a director of 5 companies & he physically & mentally abuses his wife & screams at his 3 year old girl. Not to mention leaving bags of cocaine around the house. Has he got a lot of money? Yes. Is he a success in life? Probably not.

 

[wheresthetorch]

Exactly. I know of a guy who’s a director of 5 companies & he physically & mentally abuses his wife & screams at his 3 year old girl. Not to mention leaving bags of cocaine around the house. Has he got a lot of money? Yes. Is he a success in life? Probably not.

Have you contacted Children's Services? Seriously.

 

[classic33]

Proving the doctor wrong(I may have annoyed him in doing it) in the operating theatre in 1995.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Gaining my professional qualification in my second language with above average grades...

Completing a 200k Randonneur (watch this space)

 

[cyberknight]

I will et you know when i find one .

 

[Pat "5mph"]

This may sound weird to some
Years ago, I was moving from a flat with many memories.
Among those memories, was the planting (not by me) of a grape vine that came from Cyprus, that successfully adapted to Scotland outdoors.
I had no gardening experience whatsoever, really wanted an offspring of that vine in my new garden, so I read about how to do it, took a few cuttings, well took a lot of cuttings just in case.
I succeeded, the plant is well established, has survived many snow storms to date.

 

[alicat]

^^^ I love that story, Pat. You knew what mattered to you and you acted on it with determination. Sometimes the 'small' successes really are the best.

 

[JtB]

When the now Mrs JtB said “Si” all those years ago.