move forward
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Autobiography in Five Short Chapters – by Portia Nelson
Chapter 1
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 a way out.
Chapter 2
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the side walk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe I am in this same place.
But, it isn’t my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
Chapter 3
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… but,
my eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
Chapter 4
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
Chapter 5
I walk down another street.
— Autobiography in Five Short Chapters – by Portia Nelson
"They’ve promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too."
— Oscar Wilde
"I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."
— W. B. Yeats
"My life seemed to be a series of accidents. Yet when I look back I see a pattern."
— BENOÎT MANDELBROT
"You should think of your life as a remarkable adventure that’s happened to you."
— Wislawa Szymborska
you is kind, you is smart, you is important
"Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases."
— Chinese Proverb
let’s get lost
"I don’t know why we live—the gift of life comes to us from I don’t know what source or for what purpose; but I believe we can go on living for the reason that (always of course up to a certain point) life is the most valuable thing we know anything about and it is therefore presumptively a great mistake to surrender it while there is any yet left in the cup."
— Henry James
you make my heart laugh
"”The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them."
— Bernard Baruch
mad
the truth is, I miss you
