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I know that once I know what I want I will be able to get it. There's a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk down the same street. I know where I am. My eyes are open. “I am not a piece of jewelry to be worn so that others will admire you.
walk down the same street. Welcome back. “There’s A Hole In My Sidewalk: Autobiography In Five Short Chapters” ~ Portia Nelson. It isn’t my fault. If you choose to continue … you must also remember that when jewelry is displayed … it can be stolen.” Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. There's a Hole in my sidewalk - The Romance of Self discovery By Portia Nelson I stumbled across the Poem that I saw on an office wall and was amazed by how well this poem sums everything up from the difficulties of being in love or infatuation or finding yourself in the same place and being stuck in a rut. Chapter I. I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. “Chapter One of My Life. It begins with the denial of a problematic behavior followed by the growing awareness that continuing to engage in it will lead to the same negative result over and over again. “I don’t know what I want sometimes, But I know that I want to know what I want. It is my fault. I walk down another street.” ― Portia Nelson, There's a Hole in My Sidewalk: The Romance of Self-Discovery
That’s progress!” Nelson's poem is an incredibly powerful metaphor describing the change process that often occurs with addiction & recovery.
I am lost … I am helpless. But, at least I’ll know I don’t want that! There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I get out immediately. I walk down the street. We’d love your help. I fall in. I walk around it.
There is a deep hole … Chapter II. There's a Hole in my Sidewalk by Portia Nelson: http://mymeditativemoments.com/realization-for-change/ Then, I can move on to something else I don’t know if I want. Of course, I may not want what I get when I get it …. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in. I see it is there. It's a habit. I still fall in.