A year just passed by and it is now only seen in the rear-view mirror. It is hard to believe it has been a year since we opened the doors of Wheel of Wellbeing to a group of people who were looking for a step beyond medical care.  We welcomed a group of people who realized the importance of conventional medicine, yet were hoping to find a place that recognized them as a whole person. Six hundred and forty five guests attended our Grand-Opening celebration and we were encouraged by the support of this highly aware and educated community.  On this occasion life's meaning became clearer for all of us practitioners at the Wheel. We all realized how a sincere effort is rewarded and validated. We all felt the genuine will of success that was desired for us by our guests. A new energy had burst into our physical, emotional, and spiritual values that empowered us to continue on the year that followed.

And indeed, what a wonderful year it has been.Times like this hold a historical value and represent a measureable degree of importance. On the first anniversary of Wheel of Wellbeing, my attention is drawn back to success as I notice a distinction between achievement and success. I consider achievement as the knowledge you have studied, the subject you have worked hard on, and the things you have done with the best that is in you; while success is being praised by others for what they find valuable in you and in relationship with their own standards of achievement. In other words, achievement is the process of success while success is just the perception of what has been done. Success is sweet,but the foundation of achievement provides the means for measuring success. Then, we may ask ourselves: "what does it take to achieve?"