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Conference turris::womannotes-v2

Title:ARCHIVE-- Topics of Interest to Women, Volume 2 --ARCHIVE
Notice:V2 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:REGENT::BROOMHEAD
Created:Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1105
Total number of notes:36379

332.0. "Walking, in life..." by NRADM::KING () Fri Dec 09 1988 12:48

      AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS

              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 a way out.

               II

   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'm in the same place.
                       But, it isn't my fault.
   It still takes 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 down the same street.
          There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
          I walk around it.

                 V

   I walk down a different street....
   
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332.1RAINBO::TARBETFri Dec 09 1988 13:143
    Veeerrrrrrrrry nice!  Where did you get it?
    
    							=maggie
332.2NRADM::KINGFri Dec 09 1988 14:058
     Maggie, I found this on some one's wall and thought it was
    something that I would share it with the people in here.
    I don't know where it came from but I also posted it in Soapbox
    and in the parenting notesfiles. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
    
                     REK
    
    PS yes, another node and user name.......
332.3My Life StorySLOVAX::HASLAMCreativity UnlimitedMon Dec 12 1988 10:237
    On the plus side, I only fell in twice;)! Must be smarter than I
    thought...
    
    Barb