In November of 1862, Ambrose Burnside's Army of the Potomac arrived in Falmouth, Virginia, on the opposite side of the Rappahannock River from the target: Fredericksburg.
Lee was caught completely by surprise. All the Union army had to do now was to assemble its pontoon bridges and cross the river. All the vastly outnumbered Confederates on the opposite bank could do was put up token resistance. Unfortunately for Burnside, he arrived at Falmouth long before his pontoon bridges did, and the bridges were the key to the entire campaign. No bridges, no attack.
As a result, Burnside's army remained immobile and impotent on the north side of the river. It seems that no one in the entire Union chain of command had placed the pontoons at the top of their priority list. By the time the bridges finally reached the army, Less had filled in his defenses behind Fredericksburg.
I've run the Marine Corps Half Marathon several times in Fredericksburg. While there I always drive down Lee Drive to see the ground over which the union army advanced. None of their attacks was successful. The battle was over. The Army of the Potomac had lost 12,653 men, the Army of Northern Virginia 5,309. Sullenly, the Federals crossed back over the river under cover of darkness.
In 1 Corinthians 3, Paul tells the Corinthians that they had ample time by now to develop and progress out of Christian infancy. But they had failed to do so. They had put it off far too long. Hence they failed to advance beyond a state of carnality. The ideal as set forth in the Scriptures is continual progress away from carnality and toward manifestations of maturity. Yet how often do we give in to the sin of procrastination? Every distraction feels like another endless pit of wasted energy.
Let's not waste our lives reliving the failures of the past. The idea of a healthy soul lies within everyone's grasp. If you're not growing, you're dying. Always be looking to improve.