The question, what matters most in life, is the question I always wanted to know, wanted to be answered but who is going to answer was still the next question. As I started to ask one after one question like that, I found a thousand questions on a queue, to be answered, and get frustrated in search of the answer for a while. However, one thing I did during those dark years was I never stopped asking or giving up because I knew I was on the right track, I knew I would find the answer, by hook or crook. Then something magical things started to happen?
Every blur vision that I had in my past has started to go a little by little and it is being superseded by clarity in the same ratio. Owing to this, now I have been able to know a clear sense of direction, a true purpose of my life, better than before. Holding the same question in the mind for many years, I just came to figure out what that matters most in life: HAPPINESS and then SUCCESS. Oh Sorry! It’s my opinion, you might find different than what I found here. But you know, whatever happening inside your mind and outside you/your mind is directly linked to either one or both. Let’s take some examples, you wake up at 5’O clock in the morning and go to the college, why? Many people are going abroad to earn money or live the life they want, why? Some people are doing their businesses or jobs, why? Some people are getting married and having babies, why? In a nutshell, whatever examples I have presented here, are directly or indirectly linked to either one or both: Happiness! And Success!!
As they are more of relative terms, one's happiness and success may not match to others'. Ideally, they are perceived differently by different people and their lifestyles. However, if you are not aware of what makes you happy and successful then keep looking, you will find them sooner or later depending on your intensity of learning or level of hunger for learning. I am sure for one thing, if you don’t know them yet then never stop looking or searching because, you know, without finding your true purpose, you cannot be happy and successful for a longer time. Therefore, the most important thing, I would suggest you first, is finding your true purpose or goals or a set of goals that are inextricably linked to your zone of happiness and success. After you identify them, you should start to act purposely, wisely to get the visible results. Never underestimate your hidden talents or potentiality because they are not likely to come all of a sudden, it requires a certain time and efforts but I give you a guarantee that once the time comes, it starts to appear. Before that, you should never give up yourself; you just need a patience and relentless effort until you make your dream true.
To sum up, If someone would ask me what are two things that matter the most in life then my answer to them is HAPPINESS and SUCCESS. Whatever is happening all around us, it is directly or indirectly linked with either one or both of them. Having these, however, is not as easy as they seem. It may require a lot of time and persistent effort directed and supported by many other factors.