Autobiography In Five Chapters
By Portia Nelson
Chapter One
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost... I am hopeless.
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 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 is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in... i
t'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 is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
Chapter Five
I walk down another street.
The workbook and my seminar are excellent ways to see if you or your partner are willing to learn the same thing that the person in this poem learned along the way. The exercises and agreements will help you discover and improve your ability to take responsibility for your part in your marriage and relationship problems, to show you have empathy for how your behavior or decisions affect your partner and to make amends with your words and deeds. Get the workbook or sign up for one of my monthly Los Angeles seminars.
Buy books by Portia Nelson, from "There's A Hole In My Sidewalk". Published by Beyond Words Publishing; Hillsboro, OR
By using the principles of the 'Coming Together For Life' workshop manual you will find that when it comes to how you and your family handles conflict you too will be walking down a different street!
No more insane arguments!
Go
to our FREE TIPS ONLINE HERE. That page contains an excercise
to help couples show one another that taking responsibility for being part of the problem means that one also is a part of the solution. The exercise is at the bottom
of the page HERE.
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of the workshop manual.
Download the Podcast Summary of the Seminar and Workbook.
