The other day I was listening to a song which really spoke to me. It’s called "Life Means So Much" by Chris Rice. This verse and the chorus, in particular, really stuck out…

Every day is a bank account
And time is our currency
So nobody’s rich, nobody’s poor
We get 24 hours each
So how are you gonna spend
Will you invest, or squander
Try to get ahead
Or help someone who’s under

Teach us to count the days
Teach us to make the days count
Lead us in better ways
That somehow our souls forgot
Life means so much
Life means so much
Life means so much

I often fall into the trap of comparing my life to others. You know how it goes.

"Boy, their house is sure nice. I bet if I had a house like that I would be a lot happier."

"Did you hear he got a raise? They’re going to have more money for fun stuff like trips, dinners out, concert tickets, clothes, etc. If I had more money for fun things I would be a lot happier."

"It must be nice to have kids who are old enough to be independent. Having little ones is so much harder than I thought it would be. When our kids get to be a few years older life will be easier and I will be so much happier."

A wise man recently told Jason and I that a life of compare leads to a life of despair. He went on to say that we should measure our success by looking backwards and seeing how far we’ve come, not by looking at others and where they are.

It’s good to remember that I have the same number of hours in each day as the next guy. If we look at time as our currency, then we are all on the same playing field and there is no need to compare. We all have the ability to choose to invest in our time or squander it. We can choose to have a glass-half-empty or glass-half-full attitude today. It involves no one else but ourselves.

In a recent post Jason shared a line from "Tremendous" Jones that sums this up well,

"If you can’t be happy where you are, it’s a cinch you can’t be happy where you ain’t."

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