You know those three little words: \u201cI should have,\u201d \u201cI would have,\u201d \u201cI could have\u201d — followed by a list of excuses longer than a CVS receipt. Well, I\u2019ve decided I\u2019m done with them. No more standing at the crossroads of hesitation. No more tiptoeing around opportunities. It\u2019s time to trade in the \u201cshoulds\u201d for action, the \u201cwoulds\u201d for courage, and the \u201ccoulds\u201d for faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every day we wake up is a fresh invitation. An invitation to say \u201cYES\u201d to new adventures, new friendships, and new doors that God swings wide open. So why waste another minute replaying what we \u201cshoulda\u201d done yesterday?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year, I\u2019m saying YES to more moments that matter. YES to sharing God\u2019s goodness. YES to showing up for people who need encouragement. YES to stepping out of my comfort zone (even if it means learning something new or — heaven help me — attempting another dance class with Carl!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regret is a heavy anchor, and I refuse to let it weigh me down. The past? Can\u2019t change it. The future? Wide open. And I plan to walk into it with my \u201cI can, I will, I am\u201d mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because here\u2019s the truth: \u201cI can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.\u201d (Philippians 4:13)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We weren\u2019t created to sit on the sidelines of life. God has given us talents, wisdom, and passions — not to hoard, but to use. And we\u2019ll never know what we\u2019re truly capable of until we step out in faith and do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, let\u2019s make a pact\u2014no more looking back with shoulda-woulda-coulda regrets. Let\u2019s say YES to life. YES to purpose. YES to leaving a mark on this world that echoes long after we\u2019re gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I get to the end of my journey, I\u2019d rather have battle scars from trying than regrets from shrinking back. How about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You know those three little words: \u201cI should have,\u201d \u201cI would have,\u201d \u201cI could have\u201d — followed by a list of excuses longer than a CVS receipt. Well, I\u2019ve decided I\u2019m done with them. No more standing at the crossroads of hesitation. No more tiptoeing around opportunities. It\u2019s time to trade in the \u201cshoulds\u201d for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7764,2144,1210,22746,198,264,253,1392,267,15159,9548,31282,199,2391,200,31283,40,1812,202,1685,205,6395,22747,207,22748,213],"class_list":["post-21544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-adventures","tag-anchor","tag-blog","tag-could-have","tag-coulda","tag-courage","tag-encouragement","tag-facebook","tag-faith","tag-friendships","tag-goodness","tag-hesitation","tag-i-can","tag-i-can-do-all-things","tag-i-will","tag-iam","tag-inspiration","tag-journey","tag-opportunities","tag-philippians-413","tag-purpose","tag-regret","tag-should-have","tag-shoulda","tag-would-have","tag-woulda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21551,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21544\/revisions\/21551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}