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AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS
by Portia Nelson
I

I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I fall in.
I am lost ... I am helpless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes me forever to find a way out.

II

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place
but, it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

III

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in ... it's a habit.
my eyes are open
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

IV

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

V

I walk down another street.



So true for us, so true.


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loved this!! the "street" is our brain paths, if we go down the path which we know leads us to hurt and to mull over past wrongs we knowingly hurt ourselves.

I pray that each day we all choose "another" street


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that is why I liked it, it can apply to so many things, our thoughts, our habits, anything really. I am tempted to share it with H, but not yet


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bomb 8/3/06
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