Saturday, April 19, 2008

Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda

Leaving the grocery store I saw an ad out of the corner of my eye.

Shoulda
Coulda
Woulda
They cleverly crossed out the "a" in each of the words, leaving:
Should
Could
Would

I think it was for a bank, endorsing some investment plant.
I've realized lately that I spend a lot of my "thinking" time fretting. Fretting about what I "shoulda, coulda or woulda" done.
"I shoulda painted the cabinets white, not tan." (note: I am beginning to like the tan!)
"I coulda spent time in devotions this morning."
"I woulda gone to the gym but ..."

Enough already. Enough regret. Enough fretting. Enough excuses.
Time to live in the present. Time to stop wasting my "thinking" time.
I should, I could, and I would. So much better than fretting.
I will go up and clean the bathrooms. How's that?

1 comment:

MeganC said...

Hi Robin,
I really like this. I feel like this so often - in fact, Paul and I had a conversation about this last night. I'm not feeling very "present" in my own life - always anticipating what needs to be done next. Thanks for sharing your own thoughts. Megan

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