Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda!

Recently, I’ve been a little uptight…bugged might be a better word, about the needless and stupid choices so many of us make—even though we know it’ll cost us. In the past month, I’ve talked to way too many people who are willing to take their chances and probably lose than to make the wise decisions and rack up numbers in the ‘wins’ column.

So, I find myself asking “why?” Why do we still choose it? Why risk the pain, the embarrassment, and the failure when it could all be avoided.

I guess it’s kinda like death…we all know it’s going to happen; we just never think it’s going to happen to us. Yes, the odds are against us, but we don’t think we’ll lose. It’s a Las Vagas mentality. Too bad that Vegas has the highest suicide rate per capita in the country. “Who, me pay the price? Never!”

But how many times have you already lost because of bad choices? How many instances have you experienced where you wish you could do it all over again? You might call it the coulda, shoulda, woulda factor. It would be safe to say that there’s not a person alive who didn’t wish they would have made better choices along life’s journey. Life has a way of demanding that we look for wisdom in our decision making.

Enter the book of Proverbs in the Bible. Written by the wisest and richest man who ever lived (apart form Christ)…it’s practical wisdom for daily living. The book of Proverbs deals with everything from our finances to coworkers and bosses to relationships and friendships. In short, it deals with our choices in extremely practical and pragmatic ways, so you and I can live a regret-free life.See for yourself. Read and begin applying what you just read from the book of Proverbs (there’s 31 chapters—one for each month) and you’ll never again have to say, “If I only coulda, shoulda, and woulda.”

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