Recently I discovered this write up while browsing the internet. I had to share it because the write up summed up everything I had been through and how I am becoming a better person because I have chosen to learn from my mistakes. I pray that eventually I will get to that place where 1 will not only recognize the hole in the pavement but I will have the strength to walk down a different road and avoid following the familiar street that always leads to a dead end. I hope it inspires you as well.

‎'I walk down the street. There's a hole in the pavement and I fall in. I'm lost; it isn't my fault. It takes me forever to get out.

I walk down the street again. There's a hole in the pavement but I pretend I don't see it, so I fall in again. I can't believe I'm in the same place; still, it isn't my fault.

I walk down the street again. There's a hole in the pavement. I see it, but I still fall in - it's a habit. But now my eyes are open and I know where I am. It is my fault.

I get out immediately.

I walk down the street. There's a hole in the pavement. I walk around it.

Finally, I walk down a different street!

- Portia Nelson