HAPPY Monday! 

Let me tell you what success isn’t—it’s not having it all together, all the time.
It’s not a certain number in your bank account or a highlight reel on Instagram.
It’s not a title or a trophy or a “perfect” anything.

Success is staying in the game when you feel like giving up.
Success is choosing peace over pressure.
Success is believing anyway—when the numbers don’t add up and the doors don’t swing open.

I used to think success meant reaching a big, shiny goal. But I’ve learned that true success is obedience over outcomes.

God isn’t measuring your life by achievements—He’s looking at your heart.

Did you love today?
Did you forgive?
Did you keep showing up with a smile?
Did you believe again even when your hope felt shaky?

Then guess what?
You’re a wild success in the eyes of heaven.

So don’t buy the lie that says you’re behind or not enough. The scoreboard you’re looking at probably isn’t even the one God’s using.

Let’s redefine success:

• It’s laughing again after heartbreak.
  
• It’s loving again after betrayal.
  
• It’s choosing joy when grief still lingers.
  
• It’s being faithful when no one sees.
  

Success is not about never failing—it’s about never quitting.

So keep believing. Keep trusting. Keep walking in who God made you to be.

You are already a success. Not because of what you’ve done, but because of Whose you are.

Let’s live like it. Let’s love like it. Let’s obey His slightest whispers because He knows what we want even more than we do. It truly is more blessed to give then receive and that’s why the wealthiest people in the world become philanthropists because once you’ve got it all, you finally realize the greatest fulfillment is giving. 

Why not skip to the punch line and just live that way now, a fulfilled life surrendered to God‘s will instead of our own? 

Go ahead and give Him your all, and you will be blown away with what God gives you in return… true success.

XO,
Adrienne

Check out last blog here: When to Quit on a Goal?

Find encouragement for every season with Adrienne Cooley’s books Happy Anyway, Love Anyway, Believe Anyway, and one-on-one coaching—available now at https://www.happyanyway.org/shop