2. Next make a list of all your talents, abilities, strengths, and coping skills that you used during that year. This may take some time as you may find yourself dismissive of talents and strengths. However, try to be fair and generous of yourself, as you would be if you were generating this list for a dear friend.

3. The third step in this activity is to go back and tell story of that year of your life either on paper or to a friend or maybe just inside your head but tell it honoring some of talents, strengths and/or coping skills that you used that year.

I think you will quickly begin to see that any year of your life takes a different shape and shape more favorable to naming yourself a wondrous person when you truly take into account efforts that you gave to that year of living regardless of outcome. This material is based on an article from Story Circle Journal.

Once we decide to create a life based on what is most important to us, then we must let go outcome and trust that those decisions will bring to us what we need.

If each of us creates a world that fulfills us based on our values, and we feel successful based on internal (and controllable) instead of external (and uncontrollable) rewards, then we can be successful without money, or relationships or any other external gratification.

5. Attract What follows is power of attraction. As you find your life increasingly filled with joy, and happiness, you begin to attract things to you that you need. This may be money or relationships or power.

The difference is that money, relationships and power are not success in themselves, but now you can use these tools to enrich your life as well as others.