Think About It

How will we be able to tell if we have won at the game of life? As we participate in this journey, we are so often obsessed by the day-to-day struggle that we rarely look at the scoreboard. We are typically so busy doing this or going there that we don’t really think much about our progress. But, humor me for a minute, how are you doing in your life? Are you winning? If so, how do you know? Periodically, we need to stop, come up for air and figure out if we are any closer to the finish line than when we started. If we had to respond to an assessment of our condition, it might be tempted to look at things like our health and welfare. Maybe we are on track to be able to financially retire at 65 and, if we are fortunate, live a healthy life well beyond that until we fade off in our “golden years”. Yet, is that the ultimate victory? Is merely dying comfortably at the end of our days enough to be called a winner? I really don’t think that is what it takes to be successful.