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Five Short Steps
Posted on Mar 03 2010 at 6:18 PM
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Autobiography in Five Short Steps
by Portia Nelson

Chapter 1
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost….
I am hopeless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

Chapter 2
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’m in the same place but it isn’t my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

Chapter 3
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it there.
I still fall in.
It’s a habit.
My eyes are wide open,I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

Chapter 4
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

Chapter 5

I walk down another street...

How many of you on reading this recognise which Chapter you are at?

By the time you get to Chapter 4 I bet you, like me, smiled as you realised that walking around “the hole” was indeed what is needed.

So choose to walk down another street NOW.

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