SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

Posted by Michiru

If you're wondering why you are caught in the same problem over in over again and still can't solve it just easily as if you did not learn from the past mistakes, then preceding poem might enlighten you why. It helped me so might work for you as well. Read on and think about it....

There's a Hole in My Sidewalk

by Portia Nelson

I

I walk down the street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I fall in.

I am lost... I am helpless. 

It isn't 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 again.

I can't believe I am in the same place.

But, it isn't my fault.

It still take a long time to get out.

III

I walk down the same street. 

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I see it is 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 don the same street again.

 There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I walk around it.

V

I walk down another street.

They say history repeats itself. I say WE repeat the history. this poem tells us that we take responsibility of our lives....