Chasing success

Мое эссе на конкурс
2009 г.

Chasing success

Have you ever climbed to the mountain? I think yes. At the beginning everything is all right, then climbing becomes more difficult. You're tired, but you climb over the obstacles. Someone returns back, but you don't. You carry on going, your mood is becoming worse+But what is it? "Am I in fairytale?!"-you are thinking. You see something extremely fantastic. The view from the top of the mountain is really exciting. It fills the soul with happiness and inspires the heart.

Way to the mountain is like the way to success-interesting, not easy, but not too difficult and unforgettable. People have been striving for success all their life and many achieving victory, but others aren't so fortunate-everybody tries to ascend to the mountain, but not each person achieves the top.

Nowadays each person wants to be successful, but the meaning of success is different for everyone. It depends on what you are looking for in life. For example, for athlete success-to win the Olympic Games, for singer and actor-to become popular, somebody wants to have a big family and good career. So ways to success are as numerous as the stars.

In my opinion, there are four compulsory things. First of all, you have to be active! You can't reach success lying on the sofa. Success requires more action and hard-working. Dreams without actions will never come true. The second is patience. For achieving something, you must be more patient. For example, Bill Gates used to be poor as a church mouse, but now he's one of the richest people! Also you need positive thinking. Stay away from thoughts about crash, try to think about only good things. And the last, you must develop your skills. Most of people believe that have a lot of money is the best way to find success. But I'm absolutely assured that a lot of money isn't necessary for success-you need only your head, some patience, actions and belief in yourself!

In conclusion, I want to say that for me, success is like the one kind of happiness and all our life we are chasing happiness-chasing success.