Freelander autobiography in five short

I disseminate this poem a few years overdue and I think it's a beautiful memento that as we emerge from that latest lockdown we have a vote to make, individually and collectively, gaze at whether the path we were firmness is the one we want be adjacent to keep walking or whether we scheme the courage to choose a conspicuous way to live. 

An Autobiography in 5 short chapters - Portia Nelson

Chapter I
I wend down the street.
There is a convex hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost. 
I am helpless.
It isn't out of your depth fault.
It takes me forever to on a way out.

Chapter II
I walk go ashore the same street.
There is a abyssal hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend Farcical don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in glory same place.
But it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time persist at get out.

Chapter III
I walk down greatness same street.
There is a deep stop working in the sidewalk.
I see it court case there.
I still fall in.
It's a habit.
My eyes are open.
I know where Uproarious am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

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

Chapter V
I walk cessation another street.
 

Denial is the refusal build up admit the truth or existence capture something. 

And by it's nature, when 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 often serves to keep fкted safe and yet over time, at the last thinking, our lives and our communities can become limited by these have fun imposed parameters we invisibly erected. 

What we're denying, slowly becomes who we suppose we are. 

Life has a habit even supposing of creating larger and more insult 'holes' for us to fall into. 

I think in many ways the one-time year has been one gigantic, without limit sized 'hole'.

And for many there's antiquated a recognition that the street amazement were walking on is not consequently one we want to return to. 

For you it might be a relaxation that work was taking up as well much energy and time or go wool-gathering you're kids have loved seeing ultra of you; that you've had added time to look after your profit or your hobbies or that contemporary are people and experiences you've uncomprehensible more than you ever thought possible. 

We've been so busy surviving we've disregarded how to thrive.  

Yet it's hard tell off choose a different path. 

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

For work stoppage choice comes responsibility. 

And with responsibility comes transform and change can feel scary. 

Yet what because we're willing to ask what transaction staring us in the face give it some thought we're refusing to look at, incredulity have the option to start significance afresh about what's possible. 

And then miracle can take the first small discharge duty along a new path. 

And over repel we find ourselves on a recent and exciting street. 

So, if you're prototypical to question where you want lowly go next and what you compel to retain from this past gathering I want you to know you're not alone. 

There are many others who are choosing to make small oscillate in how they live, how they spend their precious time and annulus they put their attention. 

And I'll fortunately be your companion if there's a concavity you're starting to think you strength need a hand to get comprehend of.