“One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.”
“There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving,
and that’s your own self.”
-Aldous Huxley
AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS
poem by Portia Nelson from her book
“There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk: The Romance of Self-Discovery”
Chapter I
I walk down the street. There is a 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 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 takes a long time to get out.
Chapter 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.
Chapter IV
I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
Chapter V
I walk down another street.
“Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth.
To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.”
-Bruce Lee
How can you live your potential?
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Peace & Namaste…
