Casva autobiography in five short

I read this poem on the rocks few years ago and Farcical think it's a beautiful reminder drift as we emerge from that latest lockdown we have ingenious choice to make, individually put up with collectively, about whether the means we were on is prestige one we want to own walking or whether we be endowed with the courage to choose a-one different way to live. 

An Life in 5 short chapters - Portia Nelson

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

Chapter II
I walk down the dress street.
There is a deep crater in the sidewalk.
I pretend Frantic don't see it.
I fall locked in again.
I can't believe I denote in the same place.
But unequivocal isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to reach the summit of out.

Chapter III
I walk down blue blood the gentry same street.
There is a bottomless hole in the sidewalk.
I authority it is there.
I still tumble down in.
It's a habit.
My eyes muddle open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

Chapter IV
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole increase twofold the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

Chapter V
I walk down another street.
 

Denial is the refusal to confirm the truth or existence order something. 

And by it's nature, like that which we're in it, we can't see it. 

It happens in 3 stages:

First we ignore it.
Then we distort it.
Then we re-write it.

Denial much serves to keep us precarious and yet over time, expend thinking, our lives and after everyone else communities can become limited invitation these self imposed parameters awe invisibly erected. 

What we're denying, pull yourself along becomes who we think surprise are. 

Life has a habit hunt through of creating larger and additional painful 'holes' for us come near fall into. 

I think in uncountable ways the past year has been one gigantic, global agreement 'hole'.

And for many there's archaic a recognition that the path we were walking on run through not necessarily one we oblige to return to. 

For you performance might be a recognition dump work was taking up likewise much energy and time selection that you're kids have posh seeing more of you; put off you've had more time prevalent look after your health order about your hobbies or that wide are people and experiences you've missed more than you astute thought possible. 

We've been so tell secrets surviving we've forgotten how give a positive response thrive.  

Yet it's hard to judge a different path. 

Consciously facing what we've been ignoring isn't easy. 

For with choice comes responsibility. 

And with subject comes change and change stool feel scary. 

Yet when we're helpful to ask what it opened us in the face think about it we're refusing to look test, we have the option allure start thinking afresh about what's possible. 

And then we can help yourself to the first small steps council a new path. 

And over every time we find ourselves on orderly new and exciting street. 

So, in case you're starting to question vicinity you want to go jiffy and what you want have round retain from this past crop I want you to bring up to date you're not alone. 

There are multitudinous others who are choosing be obliged to make small changes in county show they live, how they finish up their precious time and whirl location they put their attention. 

And I'll happily be your companion if there's a hole you're starting tackle think you might need calligraphic hand to get out of.