Regretting Regret

Proverbs 5:11-14:

11 and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed,
12 and you say, "How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.
14 I am at the brink of utter ruin in the assembled congregation."

Something we are all familiar with is regret. There is a gap between what we are and what we want to be. That sinking feeling in your stomach when you realize things haven't panned out as planned is one of the worst feelings. Luckily how to avoid this is described: listen and follow the words of those we trust. If there isn't anyone you can submit to their rebuke when (not if) needed, find one.