The process of self-transformation: a 'poem'

The process of self-transformation: a 'poem'.

The following is a 'poem' by the late author and singer Portia Nelson.

Entitled 'There is a hole in my sidewalk', I find it to be a wonderful illustration of the change and self-transformation process.

As you will read, change is not a linear process. It requires trying and failing before succeeding. It also requires a willingness to be vulnerable and to open up existing patterns of seeing, thinking and believing.

Enjoy.

Chapter One.

I walk down the street.

There's 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 Two.

I walk down the same street.

There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I pretend I don't see it.

I fall in again.

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

But it isn't my fault.

It still takes a long time to get out.

Chapter Three.

I walk down the same street.

There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I see it 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.

Chapter Four.

I walk down the same street.

There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I walk around it.

Chapter Five.

I walk down a different street.

Do you agree with this illustration of the self-transformation process?

How many times have you fallen in a hole, maintaining that it isn't your fault, or blaming the street workers or some other reason?

And how easy was it for you to change your habit and start taking a different street?

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