What’s your Scorecard?

"We all keep score. All the time. It’s sad really. But it’s the truth. We compare ourselves to others. To our parents. To our siblings, To our neighbors. To the smarter, the richer, the stronger, the thinner, the more popular.

Mostly, we let the scorecard be subconscious. We don’t admit it. We don’t acknowledge it. Yet we keep score. And it controls us. We become psychological slaves to the scorecards in our heads.

So, why not create your own scorecard. Be your own scorekeeper. What really does matter? To you! What do you value? Be intentional about defining that. And then be intentional in measuring yourself against what you value. Not based on your self-doubts. Not based on Madison Avenue-defined areas of inadequacy. Based on truth.

I want to keep score based on whether or not I was kind and loving to everyone today. Did I leave the world a better place today? Did I make it better for the next generation? Did I create and build or did I tear down or mess up?

So write your own scorecard. Stop being a slave to someone else’s scorecard. It’s part of the art of living. A life well-lived is the glory of God."