\u201cI\u2019m gunna!\u201d When you hear someone say this, you need to remind yourself, it\u2019s probably a lie. When you or I say it, it\u2019s most likely a lie too. It\u2019s one of the most repeated lies in human history. <\/p>\n
We spray it around like those seeding machines the DOT uses to plant grass along the side of a newly completed stretch of roadway. The, \u201cI\u2019m gunna!\u201d is the fertilizer component, pure horse manure. \u201cI\u2019m gunna start working out! I\u2019m gunna read more and watch less TV. I\u2019m gunna lose that gut\u201d! Gunna, Gunna, Gunna. When you hear it come out of your mouth you should slap yourself \u201cup-side\u201d the head. I do this so often my head is lopsided, but it has helped me cut down on the \u201cI\u2019m gunnas.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard to replace, \u201cI\u2019m gunna\u201d with, \u201cI am.\u201d I AM on a diet. I AM working out three times a week. I AM reading more. But, that simple word exchange will change your life. Unfortunately, \u201cgunna\u201d is used too often by most of us. And, it comes home to roost later in life, when we replace it with, \u201cI shudda.\u201d I shudda taken courses at night school. I shudda learned to play the guitar. I shudda eaten healthier. I shudda. I shudda. I shudda. A world of regret, caused by a lifetime of, \u201cI\u2019m gunnas.\u201d<\/p>\n
We all do this, the \u201cI\u2019m gunna\u201d thing, but it\u2019s just a bad habit. If we recognize it for what it is, even just every once in a while, we can change our life and change future \u201cI shuddas\u201d into \u201cI did.\u201d It\u2019s never too late. Even old coots like me have time to eliminate future \u201cI shuddas.\u201d I\u2019ve been thinking of writing about this gunna thing for a year. I kept saying to myself, \u201cI\u2019m gunna write about how bad gunna, is.\u201d That last slap \u201cup-side\u201d my head finally got my attention. Here it is! One less \u201cI shudda\u201d in my life. <\/p>\n