road construction

we've all been there: that cycle of repeating the same mistakes over and over again and expecting the results to be different. then, one day it clicks and you realize that the only constant in the equation is you. besides, you've gotta love something written by a woman who looks like she could have done a cameo on the golden girls - those glasses and the lady-fro just scream "wisdom," don'tcha think? here's to moving on and following your bliss with reckless abandon.



There's a Hole in my Sidewalk

Portia Nelson
from An Autobiography in Five Short Chapters

I:
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost…
I am helpless.
It is not my fault.
It takes forever to find my 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.
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 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.
I walk down another street.