We know that we are born and grow up, grow old and die, but what does life mean to you? What do you expect from life?

At some point in our lives, we've all heard someone say: "you have to study hard to be a great professional and get a good job and have a peaceful life". It's usually our parents who worry about these issues of financial stability, not that we shouldn't worry about it ourselves, but from the time we're children, our parents have already mapped out a path for us, always thinking about our well-being, since they always say that they won't always be around. This concern is very valid and we should be very happy to receive so much love and dedication from those who gave us life, but this quest for success may not be your choice but that of others, such as your parents.

When we seek success in order to be happy, we often put aside who we are and start living only in search of the realization of our ideals, and it's very important that we have success in our lives, but we also have to look at who we really are and understand that we need to be in tune with our feelings and emotions, getting to know ourselves better in order to recognize what we really want for our lives.

There are some questions we need to ask ourselves so that we can recognize who we are.

• Do you know what your limits are?
• What is your inner strength?
• Does what you do really fulfill you?
• Do you recognize your weaknesses?
• How well do you deal with defeat or loss?
• Do you accept your mistakes and difficulties?
• Do you need the approval of others to decide what course to take?
• Do you love and respect yourself?

When you find the answers, you'll be able to take charge of your life in a clear way so that you can make your own decisions, because you'll know points about yourself that you didn't identify before, such as your weaknesses, anxieties, fears and frustrations, and you'll also identify your determination, focus, strength, passion, in short, there are many important points that we must know about ourselves before seeking any success, because for the success of being happy to be complete and lasting, we must be true to who we really are.

Our greatest project in life is our own happiness, so we must know ourselves well in order to make the right choices that will lead us to a life of intense inner fulfillment and then to a full and happy life.