"I just did it on 'em"--Is it really the way (always)?

The other day I was on Facebook and couldn't help but state the following, "success is a subjective term, thus one should not compare to measure the concept unless of course two minds think alike. Know the struggle you've endured to reach your current platform and count victory, but always remember that settling should never come into the equation. With that said, I send positive vibes to you all ;)". For a minute I felt like Rev. Run as he usually leaves his audience with a few wise words. Now, sitting here wanting to blog and not really knowing what about those words came to me once again. 


A phenomenal trend has emerged and now there are so many hardworking, ethical, triumphant individuals. Dreams are starting to disappear not because disappointment has swallowed them whole, rather because they are being fulfilled. What state of excitement it places me to see success, although there's an emerging arrogance that seems to sneak up in some places only to cloud another person's reality. I applaud those who do what makes them happy, if everyday the individual gets up despite moods, feelings, other responsibilities...and gets on their grind, but when one starts to imply glory over others I cannot help but wonder what has led them to do so. What I am also very curious about is "calling out haters" after one clearly states that they "don't care". There are some underlying issues here that are honestly interfering with our ability to socially accept, forgive, assist, create, and grow together. Social networks, from my understanding, were developed to facilitate social networking, in and of itself it seems to me that "uniting" was very much the purpose, yet that has not transpired (or it's not transpiring enough).


I am not sure I am further sinking into a realm of impossibilities, but once upon a time, I am almost sure, there was an era in which human progression was important, not only on an individual level, but on a communal one. As a race I truly believe we owe more to ourselves than a mere smack in the face with what we think we've accomplished as the undermining of the accomplishments of another takes place. So here I stand to repeat that success is a subjective term. One in which experiences and personal meanings are assigned to the concept in order to conceptualize it. As such, no two successes are alike and should not be alike as we are individuals. We should be supportive of one another and embrace that which we are, that which we aren't, where we stand and where we've chosen not to step.