Waking-Up In College

Congratulations! Everyone who woke up this morning completed their first successful act of the day. Even small compliments, like waking up in the morning, contributes to a person’s level of success. Success is the accomplishment of a goal or action. Theoretical Physicist Stephen Hawking and I both agree that a person can always find success. Everyone can find success in their life. Stephen Hawking believes that “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.” In short, one’s success is not only measured by large achievements, like graduating from school and obtaining a job, but the small achievements as well, such as waking up in the morning and walking the dog. Therefore, people can always find success
in their lives, if they wake up in the morning. Stephen Hawking’s definition of success corresponds with my definition of success: every day individuals can find that they completed at least one act successfully, so they have success in their life. Correspondingly, for a person to wake up in the morning is his or her first successful act of the day. Stephen Hawking and I have similar views on success. This is uncanny because I am an aspiring teacher from Baltimore and Stephen Hawking is a Theoretical Physicist from the United Kingdom. However, we both are aware of how miniscule accomplishments resonate with people with exceptionalities. Stephen Hawking is severely paralyzed and I am an inspiring early education teacher; therefore, we both have experience working with people with exceptionalities. To most persons with exceptionalities majority of their actions completed is considered an accomplishment. Therefore, having experiences with persons with exceptionalities, is the most likely reason that Hawking and I have similar definitions of success. A person’s success is not only composed of massive accomplishments, but his or her small achievements as well. Success is important because it promotes people living his or her life to the fullest. Stephan Hawking and I both understand the importance of finding success in a person’s minute accomplishments, for Hawking and I have both observed how small accomplishments strongly resonate with people. Everyone go do something and make the day successful.